SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A California sugar processing plant must face federal class action claims brought by a Crockett, California, resident who says the facility releases such foul odors that quality ...

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 ...

• 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 ...

Transplanted processing plant will help make the Caribbean region self-sufficient in sugar. The six-year-old plant became ...

One of Kenya’s most recent sugar ventures, Kwale International Sugar Company Limited (KISCOL), is on course for commissioning. Information posted on the firms website indicate that work on the milling ...

Southern California's agricultural backbone is under strain as unemployment soars three times the national average to nearly 19% in June 2025. Imperial County, home to California's most productive ...

The last sugar beet plant in California has gone quiet, and in one small desert town the silence feels like a siren. The ...

Candy companies and other sugar users have alleged there is a sugar shortage in the U.S., and they want to be able to import more sugar. Sugarbeet grower Laura Rutherford counters that narrative. Bags ...

An American Crystal sugar beet processing plant runs during the beet harvest Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. Photo by Nicole Neri/Minnesota Reformer. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency fined American ...