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A Higher Payment for ACSC Shareholders

Published December 2, 2022

The 2021 American Crystal Sugar Company harvest produced 11.8 million tons, a notable increase from the previous year. The final shareholder payment for the 2021 fiscal crop was $64.98 per ton. President Tom Astrup says payments for the 2022 crop…
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A New Sugar Market

Published December 2, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company has announced an investment into a liquid sugar product. "We purchased a liquefier to produce off-colored sugar," said Kelly Erickson, chairman, ACSC. "There's all kinds of companies like Gatorade and Pepsi that want this sugar." Demand…
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Setting Priorities

Published December 2, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company and Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association held their joint annual meeting Thursday. RRVSGA Executive Director Harrison Weber says the farm bill is top-of-mind. "We've spent a lot of time identifying needs and coming up with…
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Beet Share Values

Published November 28, 2022

It was a quiet holiday week on the American Crystal Sugar Company beet stock trading front. According to Acres & Shares broker, Jayson Menke, there were no brokered sales last week. For the season, 1,223 shares have been brokered at…
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ACSC Beet Payments on the Way

Published November 11, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company shareholders have received a final 2021 gross beet payment of $65 per ton. The forecast for the current growing season is a gross payment of $71 per ton. The increase is due to higher sugar, pulp…
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An Intense Beet Harvest Season

Published October 25, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company General Agronomist Joe Hastings says it was a compact sugarbeet harvest campaign. "We had some heat and some frost, but overall, it was a dry harvest," said Hastings. "We have harvested the most tons we've ever…
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Roseneau Promoted

Published October 11, 2022

As of December 1, American Crystal Sugar Company Director of Agriculture Steve Roseneau is being promoted to vice president of agriculture. Roseneau has worked at ACSC since 1995. Roseneau succeeds Brian Ingulsrud, who is retiring at the end of November.
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Full Harvest Campaign Starts for American Crystal

Published October 5, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company’s full sugarbeet harvest campaign kicked off on Wednesday. At noon, several factory districts went into a heat shutdown for 12 hours. Ada, Minnesota farmer John Brainard feels good about harvest so far. "Tonnage is good, slightly…
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Sugarbeet Harvest on Hold

Published October 3, 2022

Sugarbeet harvest for American Crystal Sugar Company is tentatively shutdown until midnight Wednesday due to the heat. That's according to general agronomist Joe Hastings. Hastings says daytime temperatures are too warm to allow for the sugarbeets to cool down. "The…
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Average Yields for American Crystal

Published September 23, 2022

American Crystal Sugar Company General Agronomist Joe Hastings says the pre-pile campaign has been going well. "Sugar content is coming up one percent per week. At pre-pile, we're hanging around the mid-15s for an average. It looks to be a…
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