Others include the leaf vegetables chard, spinach beet and sugar beet, which is important in table sugar production. White and red beetroot are planted in the region with farmers preferring the latter ...

The area's sugar beet harvest is under way, and good help is valued and appreciated. On Friday, Oct. 19, Agweek visited two farmers - one 13, the other 88; both enthusiastic - who were operating beet ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Hearing that crisp snap as the roots separate and a fresh radish is plucked from carefully cultivated soil is a sound farm manager Kaitlin Davis doesn't tire of hearing. “Right now, I'm ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — Fifty years after American Crystal Sugar was bought by farmers, a small group gathered in the Gold Link Senior Center in Crookston to learn not only the company’s history, but the ...

Leonard Wachira a beetroots farmer on his farm at Ndathi Village in Kieni, Nyeri County on July 6, 2016. [Kibati Kihu, Standard] Beetroot, which is also known as garden beet, is a healthy vegetable ...

The area's sugar beet harvest is under way, and good help is valued and appreciated. On Friday, Oct. 19, Agweek visited two farmers - one 13, the other 88; both enthusiastic - who were operating beet ...

When hard rock mineral mining disappeared as the predominant industry in western Colorado in the early 20th century, many area farmers turned to sugar beets, which brought a new prosperity to the ...