Real Sugar: Straight From the Fields

Get to know some of the passionate sugar beet and sugar cane growers and dedicated employees of the sugar industry.

Get to know some of the passionate sugar beet and sugar cane growers and dedicated employees of the sugar industry.

1. Amalgamated Sugar: Trent Holcomb

2. American Crystal Sugar Company: Chris Hong

3. American Crystal Sugar Company: Erik Bakke

4. American Sugar Cane League: Stephen Simoneaux

5. American Sugar Cane League: Patrick Engemann

6. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative: Brian Kjesbo

7. Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative: Matt Moxness

8. ASR Group: Lovey Smith

9. ASR Group: Karleigh Krieg

10. ASR Group: Wyatt Chagin

11. Michigan Sugar: Jim & Stacey Roggenbuck

12. Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association: James O’Toole

13. Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association: Paul O’Toole

14. Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association: Ben Marshall, Dane Brown & Mitch Bicandi

15. Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida: Glades Day School FFA

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For South Louisiana grower Kassi Leger, a temporary stint on the family sugar cane farm turned into a lifelong purpose. Today, she’s not just growing a crop that helps feed American families—she’s partnering with local officials to solve critical drainage and flooding issues for her community.
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