The fertilizer market is facing a double crisis: the Iran war is driving up prices, the Strait of Hormuz is blocked - and at the same time it is becoming clear how dependent Europe still is on Russian ...

"It’s not just passing the technical knowledge, it's passing that relationship," said Leah Hopkins, a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe who showed community members how maple sugaring works.

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative announced Thursday, March 12, the election of Lukas Rust as its next president and chief executive officer. Rust will formally assume these positions on March ...

Sugar beet farmers in Mid-Michigan could soon benefit from new federal assistance aimed at alleviating the challenges posed by rising costs and adverse weather conditions. The U.S. Department of ...

In its March World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report the US Department of Agriculture lowered from February its forecast of 2025-26 US sugar production, raised imports, raised ...

IFC plans a $40 million loan to Nile Sugar, owned by Naguib Sawiris’s group. Funds will support 5,760 hectares of sugar beet farming in Upper Egypt. The project aims to reduce Egypt’s reliance on ...

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Traditionally, they were “the crop that paid the mortgage” amid the uncertainty of prices of other crops, said Lee, who also serves on the board of the grower-owned Amalgamated Sugar Co. and the Snake ...

Beet juice and whole beets both contain plant compounds that may help lower blood pressure, including nitrates, potassium, and an antioxidant called betalain.

In recent weeks, the Trump administration rolled out two financial assistance programs that would benefit US sugar producers. The first program, announced on Feb. 13 by US Secretary of Agriculture ...

WASHINGTON (Valley News Live) - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making $150 million available to American sugar beet and sugar cane farmers to help offset rising production costs and temporary ...