FARGO, N.D. -- It'll be up to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service whether implement interim rules and procedures that may allowed to plant Roundup Ready ...

70 days growing beet from seed to harvestable root. Each of the beet seed cluster contains 2 to 5 individual seeds. From our sample batch, one cluster developed into 2 plants. I had to remove one to ...

Sugar beets were big news last week−;under the heads of science, business and politics. Beets might long ago have supplied the U.S. with all the sugar it needs but for one stubborn fact−sugar-beet ...

DES MOINES — A federal judge in California has ordered the removal from the ground of plants grown to produce seeds for genetically modified sugar beets, citing the potential for environmental harm.

MOORHEAD A legal challenge to Roundup Ready sugar beet seed could delay the planting of the biotech beets up to two years and could create a big mess for the region's seed and chemical industries in ...

The seed crops are planted in different fields from year to year, and traditionally farmers who raise conventional and organic beet and chard seed get together each winter to make "pinning maps" they ...

WILLMAR -- While this year's sugar beet harvest may be far from complete, many local growers are probably already wondering about next year's crop following a recent U.S. District Court ruling which ...

Key Take Aways Slow-growing, long-season vegetables benefit most from being started indoors.Start tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, onions, cauliflower, and celery indoors 8–12 weeks before your last frost ...