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Articles tagged under: Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative

The Juggling Act of Sugarbeet Harvest

Published September 23, 2022

Pre-pile sugarbeet harvest continues at Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative. Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says the juggling act continues. "Pre-harvest is always a challenge, because it's a constant juggling act of Mother Nature, factory slice and a voluntary grower delivery…
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A Juggling Act

Published September 21, 2022

Pre-pile sugarbeet harvest continues at Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative. Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger said pre-pile is a constant juggling act between Mother Nature, the factory slice and a voluntary base grower delivery system. "We're trying to keep those things…
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Minn-Dak Pre-Pile Harvest Starts Next Week

Published August 22, 2022

Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says pre-pile harvest is scheduled for August 29. "We're making red x's on the calendar. The one that's circled in red is August 29, when we'll get a few beets out…
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Minn-Dak Adopts New Strategy to Address Driver Shortages

Published May 30, 2022

To address the truck driver shortage, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative is adding a new self-driving truck to haul sugarbeets from the piling station to the factory. Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says this will be a leader-follower type system. "There…
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Driverless Technology to be Deployed During Beet Campaign

Published May 20, 2022

In reaction to the truck driver shortage, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative is launching self-driving trucks. Minn-Dak is working with a defense contractor, Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, for short-haul trucking between the piling stations and the processing plant. Minn-Dak will retrofit…
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A Different Form of Sugarbeet Root Maggot Control

Published May 6, 2022

With the chlorpyrifos ban in place, sugarbeet growers will use different products to control the sugarbeet root maggot this year. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says there are several pockets of sugarbeet root maggots in the…
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Minn-Dak Recaps ’21 Campaign

Published December 13, 2021

The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative forecast an initial net payment of $44 per ton for the 2021 sugarbeet crop. That’s 15 percent higher than the final payment of last year. The crop averaged just over 31 tons per acre with a…
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DOJ Challenges Sugar Industry Merger

Published November 29, 2021

The U.S. Justice Department is challenging United Sugar’s proposed acquisition of Imperial Sugar Company, citing antitrust concerns. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Kanter said this merger would eliminate “aggressive competition” in the refined sugar industry. United Sugar is a marketing cooperative…
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Minn-Dak Farmers Co-op Getting Final Sugarbeet Acres to the Pile

Published November 3, 2021

In a statement, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Vice President of Agriculture Mike Metzger says the co-op is 98 percent finished with sugarbeet harvest as of Wednesday, November 3. Growers are trying to get the final acres in the pile.
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Sugarbeet Harvest Keeps Moving Forward for Minn-Dak Growers

Published October 15, 2021

Sugarbeet growers in the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative growing area got a late start to the full harvest, due to the warmer than usual conditions. Wyndmere farmer Carson Klosterman started lifting sugarbeets last Monday. "We harvested sugarbeets on lighter ground and…
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