GM sugar beets save Idaho, Oregon growers millions - AgMinute for January 21, 2015

Genetically modified sugar beets have resulted in a positive impact of about $22 million to Idaho growers since they began planting them in 2008, according to Snake River Sugar Co. Click here for the full story

Amalgamated asks growers to reduce acreage - AgMinute for January 10, 2014

Amalgamated Sugar Co. has asked its growers to slightly reduce their planted sugar beet acres this season due to an oversupply of sugar on the market. Click here for the full story

Give the world some sugar — AgMinute for June 20, 2013

Global sugar consumption is projected to increase from 166 million tons to 203 million tons in the next seven years, according to a report released this week by Rabobank's food and agribusiness research and advisor team.

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Sugar rush — AgMinute for June 19, 2013

USDA officials expect temporary incentives to help move a glut of domestic sugar will save taxpayers $282 million in prevented government farm loan forfeitures.

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Beet fight goes on - Idaho AgMinute for Nov. 2, 2012

Biotech critics have asked a federal appeals court to resurrect a lawsuit challenging USDA permits that allowed cultivation of transgenic sugar beet seedlings.
The agency issued the permits allowing limited cultivation in 2010 after a federal judge overturned the crop's full deregulation.

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Savoring a sweet harvest - Idaho AgMinute for Oct. 26, 2012

Idaho's sugar beet industry is enjoying a good harvest, with good tonnage and high sugar levels over most of the crop.

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Sweet dairy feed - Idaho AgMinute for Oct. 10, 2012

Sugar beet growers should reap a slight benefit from high cattle feed prices, according to officials with Amalgamated Sugar. Amalgamated sells the byproduct of sugar production for feed — either as a pressed, wet pulp for local use or a dried product that's shipped as far away as the Pacific Rim.

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Biobeet case dismissed - Idaho AgMinute for Oct. 1

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging the partial deregulation of genetically engineered sugar beets, declaring the case moot.

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AgMinute for Aug. 16, 2012

This summer's drought hasn't soured prospects for sugar beet growers, either in the Pacific Northwest or nationally.

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AgMinute for Aug. 8, 2012

Sugar beet farmers in Idaho's Treasure Valley are experiencing heavy pressure from a fungus that reduces both yields and sugar content, having benefited from a relative reprieve from the powdery mildew disease during the previous two growing seasons.

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Podcast: Behold the Whitehorse Ranch

In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss a historic ranch far off the beaten path, ask why Idaho dairies are having trouble getting loans, and check on legal developments involving the former CEO of the bankrupt Humboldt Dairy and Roundup Ready sugar beets.

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AgMinute for June 5, 2012

The USDA has decided to again fully deregulate genetically engineered sugar beets that are resistant to glyphosate herbicides.

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Podcast: Budget cuts are not fair friendly

In this podcast, editors and reporters discuss California’s fair crisis, the Labor Department’s U-turn on child labor regulations, an upcoming court hearing on genetically modified sugar beets, and a new development in a lawsuit challenging an international agreement on the softwood lumber trade.

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AgMinute: Jan. 17, 2012

Idaho farmers set records for sugar beet and spring wheat yields and made their state the national leader in barley production during 2011, a new USDA report confirms.

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