Tag: USDA
Sweetness factor: Sugarbeets account for around half of domestic sugar market
Sweetness factor: Sugarbeets account for around half of domestic sugar market By: Spike Jordan, Ag Editor, Wahoo Newspaper Feb 18, 2018 SCOTTSBLUFF — The sugarbeet is a relatively modern field crop, having been developed in Europe in the late 1800s. Sugarbeets were derived directly from fodder beets which are commonly grown for livestock feed, however, today … Read More
Analyst Sees Positive Signs for U.S. Sugar Market
Analyst Sees Positive Signs for U.S. Sugar Market By: John O’Connell Capital Press Published on July 5, 2017 10:19AM Republished with permission NAMPA, Idaho — U.S. sugar beet growers are poised for a profitable year despite expectations of a large global sugar crop, market analysts with Rabobank predict. A new report from the Rabobank Food … Read More
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Necessity is the Mother of Invention By Stuart Reitz, The Argus Observer October 9, 2016 The sugar beet harvest campaign will be cranking up here shortly. In fact, you may be seeing trucks hauling loads of beets down from our neighbors to the north, around La Grande and the Columbia Basin. Sugar beets are undoubtedly … Read More