The Sugar Industry Blog
Every day, sugar beet and sugar cane growers across the country carry forward an agricultural legacy that more American consumers need and want to hear about.
April 10, 2020
Farming requires a lot of hard work and science to provide what the soil and crops need to flourish. Advancements in technologies have moved farming to a prescriptive science with some of the most recent improvements.
March 31, 2020
Allie started baking as a hobby four years ago and has recently found the most fulfilling part of using her skills is "delivering happiness” to kids in the form of a birthday cake they may not have otherwise had.
March 12, 2020
Everyone’s favorite cookie has a made-in-America story
February 29, 2020
Idaho is known for the potato, but the Trail family has a good reason for growing sugar beets.
February 28, 2020
Passionate about sustainability and solving problems, Luis Ruiz is one of the youngest managers in the sugar cane business.
February 21, 2020
Most people are familiar with the bottle of molasses they buy at the grocery store and use for baking and cooking but may not realize where it comes from. Molasses is a co-product of sugar refining.
January 30, 2020
As a 3rd generation farmer in the California valley, Suzanne Rutherford and her family have a pretty unique sugar beet farm.
January 20, 2020
Family business might be an understatement for the Lewis’ and sugar cane farming. At one point, their family farm had 30 employees and every single one was a blood relative.




