Genetically modified sugar beet plants that would produce seeds for the 2012 planting season can't yet be destroyed as ordered by a federal judge, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled. The U ...

Sugar beet drilling is racing to a close in the current dry weather with higher beet prices and the availability of a key virus yellows seed treatment prompting more optimism among beet growers and ...

Beet field work combined yield advantages with added insight into nutrient dynamics across fertility treatments I ...

Sugar beet growers are set to have a busy Easter as better forecast weather will see them trying to catch up on beet drilling, with only 5% of the national crop drilled in the wettest March in England ...

FARGO, N.D. -- If sugar beet companies are allowed to grow Roundup Ready beets in 2011, it appears the restrictions and grower oversight will be tight. One beet co-op leader says farmers may need to ...

Left: Beet seedlings in ‘conetainers’ await vernalization for rapid-cycle seed production. Mitch McGrath is research geneticist with the USDA-ARS Sugarbeet & Bean Research Unit, Michigan State ...

If you’ve been feeling out of sync from trying to follow the ball on genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, the ten-page order last Friday from U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey S. White probably is ...

American Crystal Sugar Co.'s board of directors decided late this afternoon to go with Roundup Ready beet seed this year, despite the threat posed by a federal court challenge mounted by opponents of ...