EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR) — East Grand Forks Fire crews spent nearly four hours at American Crystal Sugar on Sunday afternoon after a pulp dryer caught on fire. Crews were called out around 2:30 as heavy smoke was coming out of the dryer. The building was evacuated. Due to the high heat from the fire, it extended into some…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — In her first two and a half months since being in office, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins took part in an Agriculture tour. Her first stop took place in the heart of the Red River Valley at NDSU for a roundtable with AG producers and farmers. “We’re talking almost daily about all of this, so you…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is coming to North Dakota to hear directly from producers. Rollins will participate in a roundtable discussion at NDSU on Tuesday morning. She was invited by Sen. John Hoeven who serves as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Appropriations Committee. Hoeven says they will talk with local agriculture producers, commodity groups, ag researchers…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (KVRR) – The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency says American Crystal Sugar failed to collect fecal samples and exceeded their fecal sample limit at their Moorhead and East Grand Forks locations in 2024. The MPCA says the violations were discovered during a Minnesota Pollution Control Agency investigation. The company was fined $16,000. The violations occurred on five separate…
FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) — The Salvation Army teamed up with workers from American Crystal Sugar to assemble annual Christmas food boxes. Volunteers worked through the early hours of the morning to set up the line of food. There were mashed potatoes, corn, frosting, cake mix, bread, ham and turkey – you name it, it was there, and the assembly line…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – American Crystal Sugar Company says sugarbeet production in 2024 was unprecedented, with a total of 13.2 million tons of sugarbeets harvested. American Crystal says despite the new record for tons harvested, market conditions are expected to soften, and the forecasted net payment per ton is down to $75.79. Last year, the sugarbeet crop produced 31.9 tons…
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – American Crystal Sugar Company says the 2024 sugar beet harvest was a record breaker. The company says an estimated 15 billion sugar beets were harvested this year. Other harvest-related records were also shattered. American Crystal says October 6 was a record piling day with 1,223,362 tons piled. The previous record was set on October 19, 2021….
MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Min-Dak Farmers Cooperative in Wahpeton, North Dakota has been delaying its harvest campaign due to the warm temperatures, but they believe that with their wait they will be receiving a good crop. “Storage is kind of our number one priority and with that being said we just can’t pile in the warm temperatures. So, we’re…
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Three antirust lawsuits filed by food businesses in federal court in Minnesota this week accuse some of the largest U.S. sugar-producing companies of conspiring to fix prices. The lawsuits name United Sugars, which includes American Crystal Sugar and the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative; Domino Sugar; Cargill; other producers, and a commodity data company. The plaintiffs in the class-action…
EAST GRAND FORKS, Minn. (KVRR/KFGO) — An American Crystal Sugar worker is burned after a pulp dryer started on fire at the plant in East Grand Forks. The worker was taken to Altru Hospital’s emergency room. There’s no report on the extent of their injuries. Firefighters respond to the fire shortly after 5 p.m. Monday. Crews poured water on the…
