Ben Abatti III cradled the sugarbeet in his arm, slicing it open. The blade carved through the beet’s dusty, gnarled exterior, revealing a sweet white core. It was a hot mid-July morning. Abatti was ...

The last sugar beet plant in California has gone quiet, and in one small desert town the silence feels like a siren. The closure has stripped away hundreds of jobs, upended a century-old growing ...

Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative announced on April 22 that it will close its plant in Brawley, California, which has operated under its subsidiary, Spreckels Sugar Company Inc. Southern ...

• While sugar cane accounts for half of the sugar produced in the U.S. each year, the other half comes from sugar beets, white root vegetables that weigh two to five pounds each. • California’s ...

Photo taken by Aucto - Spreckels Main Office Building, Brawley, California Photo taken by Aucto - Spreckels Facility Overview, Brawley, California RT 4 Diffuser at Spreckels Facility in Brawley ...

"As somebody who was born and raised in south Kildare, whose uncle was a sugar beet farmer for many years, I greatly lament the loss of the sugar beet industry," said agriculture minister Martin ...