BRAWLEY, CALIF. — The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) said it will be decommissioning of its Brawley, Calif., sugar beet facility that operates under its subsidiary, Spreckels Sugar ...

Southern California's agricultural backbone is under strain as unemployment soars three times the national average to nearly 19% in June 2025. Imperial County, home to California's most productive ...

A standing-room only crowd of close to 200 gathered at ISBI to listen to living sugarbeet history presented by four men with long experiences and memories in how sugarbeet production used to be.

We hope that timely and meaningful economic aid will provide a lifeline as farmers head into the fields for spring planting ...

With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why California’s last sugar beet plant is leaving the state. Jennifer Garner’s Bay Area ...

A new study has uncovered key genetic factors that influence both biomass and sugar content in sugar beet, a critical crop for global sugar production. By analyzing 269 diverse sugar beet accessions ...

Detroit, MI – January 26, 2025 – Pioneer Sugar, a Michigan-based, farmer-owned cooperative producing 100% U.S.-grown beet sugar, today announced an integrated marketing partnership with The Growth ...

Sugar beets and onions are expected to be solid performers for Idaho growers in 2025. Demand continues to be strong for sugar, and the onion industry will be able to adjust for the most part if supply ...

In this month's Beet Brief, NFU Sugar Commercial and Market Insight Manager Gareth Forber has a detailed look at the impact of the war in the Middle East on sugar beet prices and costs.