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The sugar beet harvest is underway across the Mountain West. It’s a big industry that depends on accurate weather forecasts and a reliable workforce –...
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So far, Northwest Wyoming sugar beet producers are happy with their harvest. While this week's winter storm had a potential to threaten the crops, Western…
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The cold, wet spring is delaying crop planting for farmers around Wyoming. Normally, almost 80 percent of sugar beets have been planted by now. But only…
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Sugar beet farmers in Wyoming are celebrating another record-breaking increase in production. In 2015, 13% more sugar beets were harvested in Wyoming for…
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The Western Sugar Cooperative has announced that it will slowly be phasing out its Torrington sugar beet factory, leaving about 70 people in the area out…
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A cool, wet spring has Wyoming’s growing season off to a sluggish start. Ken Hamilton with the Wyoming Farm Bureau says some crops—like corn and sugar…
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Wyoming’s sugar beet harvest is set to be a record breaker. But this year’s large harvest also coincides with the lowest price for sugar since the 1980’s.…
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University of Wyoming researchers have found that Wyoming sugar beet producers would stand to lose about 12 percent of profits if they were no longer able…
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The Western Sugar Cooperative has kicked-off its sugar beet harvest in the Lovell area.The early harvest normally begins around September tenth, but…