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Minn-Dak President/CEO Succession Plan Announced

Published April 26, 2026

The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Board of Directors has announced a leadership transition. Rick Kasper will continue to serve as president and chief executive officer through August of 2027. On September 1, 2027, Mike Metzger will assume that role. Metzger is…

Cercospora Impacts Beet Quality

Published November 10, 2025

Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Executive Vice President Mike Metzger is pleased with overall sugarbeet yields, but disease pressure affected sugar quality. "We should be right in between 28 and 29 tons to wrap up (for an average yield), that's a good-sized…

Regulatory Environment Not Keeping Up with the Pace of Innovation

Published October 31, 2025

Using technology and innovation was the topic for one of the forums at the AgriGrowth Fall Summit. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Executive Vice President Mike Metzger highlighted its leader-follower autonomous trucks. "To date, we've logged 70,000 miles autonomously on the North…

Sugarbeet Campaign Underway in the Southern Red River Valley

Published October 14, 2025

The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative sugarbeet plant is running around the clock. "So far, knock on wood, everything is running as it should," said Executive Vice President Mike Metzger. "You know, we like to see our root temperatures 55 degrees or…

Minn-Dak Forecasts Very Good Beet Crop

Published July 27, 2025

Minn-Dak Farmers' Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says this year’s sugarbeet crop is looking very good. "The past month has been nothing but favorable weather for our sugarbeet crop." The Minn-Dak agricultural staff has pulled the first yield…

Stands are Thinner Than We’d Like

Published June 6, 2025

The beet crop in the southern Red River Valley has struggled. "It's been a stagnant month for growth it seems like," said Mike Metzger, vice president of agriculture, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative. "The beets aren't quite as big as we'd like…

Metzger Promoted

Published April 30, 2025

Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative has named Mike Metzger its executive vice president. Metzger will continue to lead the agriculture and research departments. Metzger has been with Minn-Dak for nearly 25 years.

Sugar Content on the Rise

Published September 19, 2024

With such a wet growing season, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says recent dry weather has helped with yield and sugar content. "Yields right now, they're all over the board. We've got guys that are lifting…

A Beet Backlog

Published October 20, 2023

The growing season has been somewhat dry, but Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture and Research Mike Metzger says this past week's rain was not welcome. “Rain is very much a four-letter word in the month of October for…

Rain Gives Minn-Dak Beet Crop a Boost

Published September 27, 2023

Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says the recent moisture was welcomed. The quality of this year's crop appears to be excellent with Minn-Dak estimating a 26.5-ton crop. "Hopefully, this rain will solidify that number, but we…

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Minn-Dak President/CEO Succession Plan Announced

Cercospora Impacts Beet Quality

Regulatory Environment Not Keeping Up with the Pace of Innovation

Sugarbeet Campaign Underway in the Southern Red River Valley

Minn-Dak Forecasts Very Good Beet Crop

Stands are Thinner Than We’d Like

Metzger Promoted

Sugar Content on the Rise

A Beet Backlog

Rain Gives Minn-Dak Beet Crop a Boost

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