Tag: American Crystal Sugar
Clay County farmer marks 70 years of harvesting beets in ND
Clay County farmer marks 70 years of harvesting beets in ND By The Dickinson Press Robin Huebner on Oct 20, 2018 at 8:00 a.m. GEORGETOWN, Minn. — In 1948, at age 18, Herb Dahlsad got his first taste of the sugar beet harvest while helping a neighbor near his family’s farmstead here. Now 88, he’s … Read More
Kentucky Derby winner fueled by shredded beet pulp from Crookston
Kentucky Derby winner fueled by shredded beet pulp from Crookston By Mike Christopherson Crookston Times Posted May 7, 2018 at 11:50 AM Ingredients from LaBudde Group in Crookston are feeding all kinds of world-class racehorses When Justify crossed the finish line first in Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, he was powered in part by food that came from right … Read More
Pretty Sweet Statue
Pretty Sweet Statue Updated: 6:35 am, Fri Apr 27, 2018. By Cole Short – Hillsboro Banner Pretty sweet s HALSTAD, Minn. – A long list of giant statues lines Minnesota’s roadways from the world’s largest pelican in Pelican Rapids to Otto the Otter in Fergus Falls to Paul Bunyan and Babe in Bemidji. That list … Read More
Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota
Preserving the Sweet Life in Minnesota By: Sam Brodey, MINNPOST.com 10/20/16 CC/Flickr/Heather In the United States, Minnesota ranks first in tons of sugar beets produced, and second in overall tonnage of sugar produced, with 12.3 million tons in 2013. Rep. Collin Peterson’s office in the U.S. Capitol’s Rayburn Building is more homey rural western Minnesota … Read More
How Sweet It Is
How Sweet It Is Posted April 20, 2015 by Mollee Francisco, Chaska Herald For more than a century, sugar has been the name of the game at 1060 Stoughton Ave. in Chaska. The sugar factory — now owned by United Sugars Corp. — has been churning out the sweet stuff on the eastern edge of downtown … Read More