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Sugar beets

Production information, resources and management advice for farmers raising this important sugar crop.

Highlights

sugar beet plants

Consider cover crops on preharvest sugarbeet ground

Aug 13, 2020

Cover crops will help break up compaction on those acres and provide windbreak if needed, too.

A label that reads no sugar added on food packaging

Sweet nothings: Sugar industry fights misleading labels

Jul 21, 2020

Inside Dakota Ag: The Sugar Association has petitioned FDA to call out non-nutritive sweeteners.

Sugarbeet leaves in a field

CoBank forecasts solid recovery for U.S. sugarbeet industry

Jun 19, 2020

Increased acreage, higher prices and strong demand point to improved outlook for sugarbeets this year.