Articles tagged under: sugarbeets

Soybean Yields Lag, Corn Excels

Published November 1, 2025

Rains have slowed harvest in northeast North Dakota, but farmers report solid yields, especially for corn. Emerado area farmer Shane Sand says the sugarbeet harvest is complete and the corn is coming with promising results. “Yields look pretty solid there,…

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Beets and Beans Will be Ready at the Same Time

Published September 23, 2025

Craig Olson is pleased with his sugarbeet crop in the Colfax, North Dakota area. "Our sugar, when we harvested earlier (during pre-pile) was pretty good for the first part of September so, hopefully the sun will get the quality up…

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Minnesota Farmer Notes Tough Year for Beets and Beans

Published September 23, 2025

Murdock, Minnesota farmer Mike Yost says they’re just getting started on their dry beans and sugar beets, and the beets in particular are looking a bit disappointing. "The sugarbeet crop looks like it's going to be below average. The dry…

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Beets and Beans in NE ND

Published September 18, 2025

When RRFN spoke with St. Thomas, North Dakota farmer Brent Baldwin Tuesday, he was back in his sugar beet fields after weekend rains. "It made digging conditions a little bit tough on Monday morning, but I’m not going to lie,…

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SMBSC Expects Average Beet Crop

Published August 28, 2025

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative plans to begin pre-pile on Tuesday and the slice on Wednesday. "We are looking at pre-pile on the second and starting slice on the third. Right now, all the samples we've pulled show that we…

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Baldwin Shares Sweetener Symposium Insights

Published August 11, 2025

Sugar industry leaders from across the country met in Michigan last week for the 40th annual International Sweetener Symposium. Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association President Brent Baldwin says it was a robust discussion. Basically, a lot of trade talk,…

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Herbicide Impact on Sugarbeets Under Study in Minnesota

Published July 18, 2025

University of Minnesota Extension held its Crops and Soils Day in Crookston this week, where they covered a variety of topics about small grains diseases, soil health and management, and research into how herbicides are impacting the sugarbeet crop. Extension…

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Sugarbeet Reseeding Needed

Published May 29, 2025

Planting is finished in Norman County, Minnesota. Ada farmer John Brainard says the recent stretch of normal weather has helped stabilize conditions. “We ended up reseeding one quarter of sugarbeets, the emergence just wasn’t very good,” said Brainard. “I think…

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Multiple Factors Result in Replants for ACSC

Published May 27, 2025

A total of 20,000 acres of sugarbeets had to be replanted in the American Crystal Sugar Company territory this spring. "This is from soil cresting, wind events, or even just the hot temperatures that we had earlier in the month,"…

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Earliest Start in a Decade

Published April 19, 2025

It wasn't a fit everywhere, but beets started going in the ground on the weekend of April 12-13. More acres were seeded as the week went on. "We're looking at generally an earlier start that's over the last 10-year average…

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