A federal judge in San Francisco could decide Friday to order a halt to the planting of any genetically modified -- or "Roundup Ready" -- sugar beets in the nation. That would be a big deal in the Red ...

Genetically modified sugar beet plants that would produce seeds for the 2012 planting season can't yet be destroyed as ordered by a federal judge, a federal appeals court in San Francisco ruled. The U ...

FARGO, N.D. -- As February slips toward March, sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley still face "massive uncertainty" about whether they'll be planting Roundup Ready sugar beets in 2011. The ...

This study explores the microspatial and temporal genetic variation in crop-wild hybrid weed beets that emerged from the seed bank in a cultivated field surveyed over two successive years. We ...

Sugar beet drilling is racing to a close in the current dry weather with higher beet prices and the availability of a key virus yellows seed treatment prompting more optimism among beet growers and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It rises each fall in the midst of northern Colorado’s farmlands, a mini-mountain that from a distance looks like a pile of dirt. About 30,000 pounds of ...

Sugar beet growers are set to have a busy Easter as better forecast weather will see them trying to catch up on beet drilling, with only 5% of the national crop drilled in the wettest March in England ...

FARGO, N.D. -- If sugar beet companies are allowed to grow Roundup Ready beets in 2011, it appears the restrictions and grower oversight will be tight. One beet co-op leader says farmers may need to ...

U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White Tuesday denied a request for a preliminary injunction against using Monsanto’s Roundup Ready sugar beet seed during the upcoming planting season. The ruling ...

Sindh is blessed with suitable climatic conditions for growing sugar-cane in its central and southern crop zones. Sugar-cane is a major cash crop in Sindh and is vital to the provincial and national ...

Court decisions that have suspended the planting of genetically modified sugar beets could result in a sharp decline in American sugar production in the next two years, leading to possible price ...