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Alberta sugar beet farmers expect a sweet 2017 season - Globalnews.ca

10/16/2017

Alberta sugar beet farmers expect a sweet 2017 season
Globalnews.ca
WATCH: The harvest of sugar beets in southern Alberta got off to a late start in 2017, but it's still estimated that more than 780,000 tonnes of beets will be processed in Taber this season. Joe Scarpelli has more.

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October 13, 2017 at 06:59PM

North dakota & Minnesota Sugar beet Update - RRFN.com

10/12/2017

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Beet Harvest Going Well — American Crystal general agronomist Tyler Grove says the cooperative has been working around the areas impacted by rains. "We're getting beets in anywhere we can.” Grove says the sugar content and yields have been good. “Sugar content is a little easier. Even with the rain, we’re pleased with how things are progressing. We are still in the 29.7 (ton) yielding range estimate.”

Snow Halts Sugar Beet Harvest in Alberta

10/3/2017

The 2017 sugarbeet harvest for Alberta sugar producers is currently at a standstill due to unfavorable wintery conditions. Snow accumulated over the weekend into Monday, forcing road closures and delays in southeastern Alberta.

Snow totals reached up to 7.9 inches (20 cm), according to CBC News, as of Monday morning.

The Alberta Sugar Beet Growers has shut down harvest until further notice.

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— Vanessa Bastura (@fitfarmmom) October 2, 2017

Sugarbeet harvest begins early in eastern Montana - Farm and Ranch Guide

9/27/2017

Farm and Ranch Guide

Sugarbeet harvest begins early in eastern Montana
Farm and Ranch Guide
SIDNEY, Mont. – Sugarbeet harvest is off and running in the Yellowstone Valley, a couple of weeks earlier this year. For the MonDak Beet Growers Association in northeast Montana/northwest North Dakota, a good crop is on the way. “Our most recent root ...

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September 26, 2017 at 11:21PM

British sugar industry braces for major change - Sky News

9/27/2017

British sugar industry braces for major change
Sky News
While British Sugar - whose brand is Silver Spoon - supplies around 60% of the UK's sugar consumption, the company hopes the abolition of quotas will open up export markets around the world, which longer term could result in sugar beet production being ...

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September 26, 2017 at 12:20PM

09.26.17 Sugarbeet crop progress report

9/26/2017

While precipitation has slowed harvest in the upper Midwest the past week to 10 days, things are still right on pace according to the National Agriculture Statistics Service, an arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

As of Monday, September 25th, the North Dakota sugarbeet harvest was 12% complete, up 9% from last week. The five year average for North Dakota is 13%.

Minnesota, the nation’s largest sugarbeet producing state, currently sits at 10% complete, up from 8% complete last week, but behind the five year average of 12%.

Idaho leads the way with 30% of their sugarbeet crop harvested. That’s up from last year’s mark of 19% at this point and the five year average of 15%.

Michigan’s total jumped from 10% complete last week to 16% this week. That’s ahead of their five year average of 11%.

Looking back at 100 sweet years: Amalgamated Sugar's centennial celebration - Twin Falls Times-News

9/26/2017

Twin Falls Times-News

Looking back at 100 sweet years: Amalgamated Sugar's centennial celebration
Twin Falls Times-News
Duane Grant, chairman of the board of directors for the Snake River Sugar Company, speaks to guests during the anniversary celebration for Amalgamated Sugar's 100th year in Mini-Cassia on Friday at the Paul plant. PAT SUTPHIN, TIMES-NEWS.
Amalgamated Sugar Factory in Mini-Cassia celebrates 100 yearsKMVT
Amalgamated expects to equal or best record beet yieldCapital Press

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September 23, 2017 at 03:05AM

Early sugar beet harvest underway - Scottsbluff Star Herald

9/20/2017

Scottsbluff Star Herald

Early sugar beet harvest underway
Scottsbluff Star Herald
Sugar beet grower Bill Wurdeman eyes his tractor's GPS unit Thursday, Sept. 14, while harvesting beets from a pivot west of Mitchell. So far, Western Sugar has purchased 60,000 tons of sugar beets from growers as part of the early harvest.

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September 14, 2017 at 09:28PM

Time for second half of harvest - AG Week

9/19/2017

Time for second half of harvest
AG Week
Small grains once dominated most of Upper Midwest crop production. Though other crops, including sugar beets, potatoes and sunflowers, were grown, the region's harvest was largely wrapped up by late September, when small grains usually were off.

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September 19, 2017 at 11:05AM

Better late than never as rainfall hits drought-stricken Montana - Billings Gazette

9/18/2017

Billings Gazette

Better late than never as rainfall hits drought-stricken Montana
Billings Gazette
Rain pools in tire tracks at the edge of a sugar beet field on the Billings west end on Friday, September 15, 2017. CASEY PAGE, Gazette Staff. Precipitation fell in Montana this week with nearly three-quarters of the state in severe drought, bringing ...

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September 15, 2017 at 06:07PM

Minn-Dak starts pre-pile - AG Week

9/18/2017

Minn-Dak starts pre-pile
AG Week
American Crystal Sugar Co. of Moorhead, Minn., also is in its pre-pile campaign and has asked growers to identify 15 percent of acres that may not be able to be harvested to keep storage in line with processing capacity of its five factories in the Red ...

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September 18, 2017 at 09:34AM

Panhandle Perspectives: A plant disease a major factor in moving sugar beet production west in Nebraska - Fence Post

9/14/2017

Panhandle Perspectives: A plant disease a major factor in moving sugar beet production west in Nebraska
Fence Post
Cercospora leaf spot (CLS) has long been problematic to sugar beet production throughout the eastern and Great lakes production areas of the United States. In western Nebraska, it has been sporadic, but not a consistent issue. However, when it does ...

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September 13, 2017 at 12:52PM

EPA: Thumbs-up to 'energy beet' idea - AG Week

9/11/2017

EPA: Thumbs-up to 'energy beet' idea
AG Week
Helgaas says that in Europe 15 percent of the biofuels are from sugar beets, generally with significantly different breeding than for human consumption sugar. Syngenta and Betaseed are two breeding companies who already have developed seed for ...

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September 11, 2017 at 10:24AM

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