A bag of sugar at the grocery store or a basket of vegetables at the market might seem far removed from a backyard garden, ...

ST. LOUIS -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has authorized spring planting of Genuity® Roundup Ready® sugar beets. Last year Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and KWS SAAT AG petitioned USDA to ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal agriculture officials have released a plan to let farmers plant genetically modified sugar beets while a lawsuit over them is resolved, but farmers fear a partial ...

The plan suggested by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to allow planting of genetically modified sugar beets under a closely monitored permit process is a reasonable solution to a complicated ...

DES MOINES — A federal judge in California has ordered the removal from the ground of plants grown to produce seeds for genetically modified sugar beets, citing the potential for environmental harm.

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Jeff Schweitzer, marketing director for American Crystal based in Moorhead, calls the 2011 cropping season "one of extremes." The past two growing seasons illustrate the challenges ...

The International Sugarbeet Institute is celebrating its 50th anniversary with beautiful spring weather and optimism that the best is yet to come for the Red River Valley's sugar beet industry. "This ...

FARGO - Sugar beet processing season is coming to a close in the Red River Valley, even as the planting season is revving up. Jeff Schweitzer, spokesman for American Crystal Sugar Co. in Moorhead, ...