Articles tagged under: Pat Freese
Farmers Switch to Corn Harvest While Waiting for Sugarbeets
Published October 6, 2021
Kent, Minnesota farmer Pat Freese typically harvests corn after sugarbeets. That’s not the case this year, with the warmer-than-usual temperatures causing delays for the beet harvest. "It's amazing how much variance there is in the corn. That's what happens when…Ag Policy, Trade and Climate Change a Focus at ASGA Annual Meet
Published February 2, 2021
American Sugarbeet Growers Association board member and Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Chair Pat Freese is looking forward to hearing the policy and trade discussions at the ASGA virtual annual meeting. "With the new administration coming in we want to get some…A Shorter Processing Campaign Expected for Minn-Dak Sugar Cooperative
Published December 14, 2020
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative's sugar processing campaign will be shorter than usual this year. The co-op harvested about 2.4 million tons of sugarbeets with the crop averaging 24.1 tons with a 16.9 percent sugar content. "We would like to have had…Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative Reelects Board Leadership
Published December 11, 2020
The Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative re-elected board members during their annual shareholder meeting including Chairman Pat Freese of Kent, Minnesota, Troy Koltes of Breckenridge, Minnesota and Chad Westrom of Elbow Lake, Minnesota. These farmers will serve another three years on the…Minn-Dak Expects to Increase Acres in 2019
Published December 6, 2018
Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative held its annual meeting this past week in Fargo. Newly-elected board chairman Pat Freese says the 2018 sugarbeet crop averaged just under 27 ton and 16.5 percent sugar per acre. "Mother Nature threw us a curveball at…