TAMPA, Fla. — Hearing that crisp snap as the roots separate and a fresh radish is plucked from carefully cultivated soil is a sound farm manager Kaitlin Davis doesn't tire of hearing. “Right now, I'm ...

Leonard Wachira a beetroots farmer on his farm at Ndathi Village in Kieni, Nyeri County on July 6, 2016. [Kibati Kihu, Standard] Beetroot, which is also known as garden beet, is a healthy vegetable ...

Others include the leaf vegetables chard, spinach beet and sugar beet, which is important in table sugar production. White and red beetroot are planted in the region with farmers preferring the latter ...

CROOKSTON, Minn. — Fifty years after American Crystal Sugar was bought by farmers, a small group gathered in the Gold Link Senior Center in Crookston to learn not only the company’s history but the ...

FARGO, N.D. -- As U.S. sugar beet growers face increasing political fights about things such as genetically modified organisms in beet seed, they're raising the profile of their staunchest allies -- ...

NEW YORK, Oct 29 (Reuters) - America's sugar beet growers are under siege as U.S. food companies increasingly shun genetically modified (GMO) crops. In the past seven years, the farmers - many in ...