sugar beets

It’s been a year since Sidney Sugars Incorporated shut down its Sugar Beet processing plant, a facility initially constructed in 1925. The plant has had a major economic impact on …

U.S. sugar exports for fiscal year 2024 are forecast to be the largest they’ve been in six years, rising to an estimated 160,000 short tons raw value (STRV) in the …

The following is a response from the Montana-Dakota Beet Growers Association Board to the closure of the Sidney Sugars plant by American Crystal. For almost the last 100 years, the …

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee had a hearing this week to examine farm safety net programs with testimony from farmers and commodity groups. Witnesses said that although commodity prices are …

BOZEMAN — Registration is now open for the 2022 Montana and Wyoming Sugar Beet and Malt Barley Symposium, which will be held Jan. 12-13 at the Billings Hotel and Convention …

MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock signed an executive order allowing increased weight limitations on transportation vehicles in order to protect sugar beet farmers in Montana. “Record setting cold temperatures and …

Yesterday, the United States Department Agriculture (USDA) notified the Department of Commerce of an additional need for sugar in the U.S. market of 200,000 short tons raw value (STRV) of …

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 28, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced additional disaster assistance available to agricultural producers, including producers impacted by drought and excess moisture as …

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Wyoming counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses caused by two separate disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of …

Farmers affected by severe weather this fall may be eligible for another $1.5 billion in disaster funding in the recently passed appropriations bill. Wild and unpredictable weather in 2019 has …