MOORHEAD, Minn. - This year's strong harvest conditions and relative profitability compared to other crops have kept beet share prices strong in the northern Red River Valley. Things were going full ...

With the steady stream of tractor lights illuminating acres upon acres of fields after dusk and trucks buzzing up and down the rural roads in the Red River Valley, one thing is clear: It’s officially ...

ROPA North America, a sugar beet harvesting equipment company, will be expanding its operations in Sandusky. The company purchased five acres of land from the city’s industrial park for $10,000. The ...

The Red River Valley's sugar beet crop is the odd man out in this season of early planted, early harvested crops, with digging actually behind normal schedules. After a week or more of little or no ...

November 2025 - Sugar beet harvesting advances with automation, soil protection, and digital logistics for cleaner, more efficient and competitive production By Dr Klaus Ziegler, ...

For 12 hours a day, two weeks a year, field to station and station to field, they drive. They do it for the fun, the friendships and, of course, the money. Most of the year they teach in grade schools ...

Sugar beet truck crashes in the Red River Valley this week raise questions about the rules pertaining to who can and can't drive the large trucks used in the beet harvest. One thing that may not be ...

It is a well known fact that working in the agriculture industry has its fair share of unknowns. From wavering market prices to unpredictable weather, agriculturalists have learned to weather the ...

American Crystal Sugar Co. is starting its initial sugar beet harvest this week in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota. During the ``pre-pile'' harvest, growers get ...

MID-MICHIGAN, Mich. (WJRT) - Michigan Sugar Co. expects a record year as the annual sugar beet harvest hits full speed. The grower-owned cooperative anticipates harvesting around 5.4 million tons of ...