The process of farming and refining sugar beet in Britain hasn't changed much, but the power and the machinery behind it have. In 1925, a fledgling sugar factory in Norfolk managed to process 600 ...

The European Union (EU) is expected to have a shortfall of 785,000 tonnes of sugar (white value) in the new season that starts in October as plants - many of which were converted back to oil from gas ...

Consumers are increasingly scrutinizing sugar types, comparing cane and beet sugar due to health and ethical concerns. While ...

Lining the shelves of the bakery aisle in your local grocery store are bags upon bags of sugar. Whether it’s brown sugar, granulated sugar, or powdered sugar, the sweet stuff is a vital part of baking ...

BLACKFOOT, Idaho — Doug Evans likes the looks of his beets and those that other farmers in his region produced. In the relatively high-altitude growing area, word was that sugar content “started off a ...

The sugarbeet slicing and processing campaigns at factories in Minnesota and North Dakota are progressing well, sugarbeet company agriculture managers said. American Crystal Sugar Co., based in ...

The largest sugar-producing countries are Brazil, India, China, Thailand, and the U.S. Sugar can be extracted from either ...

Matt Helmreich, left inside the harvester, of Helmreich Farms in Bay County, harvests sugar beets Tuesday with Michael Gavin, president of Delta College. (Photo courtesy of Michigan Sugar Co. via ...

Editor’s note: This column has been edited to correct the name of the Western Sugar Cooperative. Dear Johnnie: Can you please tell us where the loaded sugar beets are going in the morning and after ...