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Minn-Dak Autonomous Truck Project Gets Hearing in St. Paul

Published March 6, 2026

A bill allowing Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative to expand its autonomous sugarbeet hauls in Wilkin County was heard in the Minnesota House Transportation Policy and Finance Committee. This project has been in place for the past two years in North Dakota,…

Sugar Marketing Allotments Revised

Published February 11, 2026

USDA has updated its 2026 fiscal year domestic sugar marketing allotments. American Crystal Sugar Company’s revised allocation is over 2 million short tons, an increase of more than 30,000 short tons from a year ago. Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative…

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…

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…

ND APUC Grants

Published June 6, 2025

Three ag-related projects have received funding from North Dakota’s Agricultural Products Utilization Commission. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring approved over $340,000 in grants at the group’s quarterly meeting in Minot. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative received funding for sugar beet harvest automation, Picketa…

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.

Sugarbeet Supply Deal Struck

Published October 24, 2024

American Crystal Sugar Company and Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op have an agreement in place where Minn-Dak will acquire some beets from ACSC. In a text message, Minn-Dak Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger said he could not comment about the percentage…

A Weather Shutdown

Published October 8, 2024

The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative sugarbeet harvest shut down for a portion of the past week while it waited for cooler temperatures to return. “A lot of areas have just kept doing rounds of preharvest at a small amount just to…

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…

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Minn-Dak Autonomous Truck Project Gets Hearing in St. Paul

Sugar Marketing Allotments Revised

Regulatory Environment Not Keeping Up with the Pace of Innovation

Minn-Dak Forecasts Very Good Beet Crop

Stands are Thinner Than We’d Like

ND APUC Grants

Metzger Promoted

Sugarbeet Supply Deal Struck

A Weather Shutdown

Sugar Content on the Rise

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