sugar beets

The following is a response from the Montana-Dakota Beet Growers Association Board to the closure of the Sidney Sugars plant by American Crystal. For almost the last 100 years, the…

The U.S. House Agriculture Committee had a hearing this week to examine farm safety net programs with testimony from farmers and commodity groups. Witnesses said that although commodity prices are…

BOZEMAN — Registration is now open for the 2022 Montana and Wyoming Sugar Beet and Malt Barley Symposium, which will be held Jan. 12-13 at the Billings Hotel and Convention…

MONTANA – Governor Steve Bullock signed an executive order allowing increased weight limitations on transportation vehicles in order to protect sugar beet farmers in Montana. “Record setting cold temperatures and…

Yesterday, the United States Department Agriculture (USDA) notified the Department of Commerce of an additional need for sugar in the U.S. market of 200,000 short tons raw value (STRV) of…

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 28, 2020 – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced additional disaster assistance available to agricultural producers, including producers impacted by drought and excess moisture as…

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated two Wyoming counties as primary natural disaster areas. Producers who suffered losses caused by two separate disaster events may be eligible for U.S. Department of…

Farmers affected by severe weather this fall may be eligible for another $1.5 billion in disaster funding in the recently passed appropriations bill. Wild and unpredictable weather in 2019 has…