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sugar beet
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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sugar beet Beta vulgaris subsp.
cicla, a biennial plant related to the garden
beetroot but with white, conical roots; the most important source of
sugar (
sucrose) in temperate countries; contains 15–20% sucrose.
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SUGAR BEETS SWEETEN THE FARM ECONOMY.(BUSINESS)(CROSS COUNTY)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 9/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...the prejudice against beet sugar. At the same time...marketed through United Sugars Corporation that includes...much of the soil. The beets go into a hopper and...snow doesn't stop the beet harvest. Cournia explains...a yield of 20 tons of beets per acre with an 18 to 19 percent ...
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SUGAR BEETS RULE RED RIVER VALLEY.(BUSINESS)(CROSS COUNTY)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 11/15/2007; 700+ words
; ...that come to his plant. Sugar beet growers operate on a...to harvest all their beets by the end of the campaign...s all about making sugar. Once the beets have been hauled to the...thorough washing. (The beets float, rocks fall out...is extracted and the beet pulp is processed ...
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California Sugar Beet Farmers Consider Buying Two Processing Plants.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 3/21/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...those circumstances, the beet growers have been trying to persuade Imperial Sugar to extend its operation...year's fall harvest of beets, which are planted a...now retired. Weak sugar prices and disease discouraged...farmers from growing sugar beets, prompting them to plant...the ...
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Rhizomania: combating a sugar beet killer.(beet necrotic yellow vein virus)
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...have new-generation sugar beets that may hold their...available to other sugar beet breeders and seed companies...Importantly, some of the new beets also boast significant...know that plants like sugar beets are equipped with an...this defense, sugar beets can ...
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Nebraska Sugar Beet Farmers Recover with Favorable Crop Yields.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/2/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...is essential to sugar beet producers...the alarm among beet growers, processors...planted with sugar beets grew to 63,700...lowest among the 14 sugar beet-producing...third-generation beet grower who farms...ground." Sugar beets offer different...to ...
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Biotech sugar beets to make debut Farmers are confident that consumers' fears have subsided
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 11/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...11-28-2007 Biotech sugar beets to make debut Farmers...like many other sugar beet farmers bedeviled by...about 364 hectares, of beets in St. Thomas, North...Green intends to plant beets genetically engineered...Green and many other beet farmers, it is technology...
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RHIZOMANIA: COMBATING A SUGAR BEET KILLER
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 2/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...have new-generation sugar beets that may hold their...available to other sugar beet breeders and seed companies...Importantly, some of the new beets also boast significant...know that plants like sugar beets are equipped with an...this defense, sugar beets can ...
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21st-century sugar beet breeding.(Forum)
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 4/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...this means that better sugar beet varieties are on the...unravel the code the sugar beet blueprint is written...these tools for sugar beets because very few members...proteins that enable sugar beet seeds to sprout and the...high sugar levels in beets. ...
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San Joaquin County, Calif., Sugar Beet Crop Plummets in Value.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 8/5/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...Goodwin said the price of sugar hasn't changed in 10...in the mid-1980s, sugar beet yields were sharply...other substitutes for beet and cane sugar also played...formerly devoted to sugar beets was converted to permanent...once given over to sugar beets," Goodwin ...
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Input Quality in the Sugar Beet Industry
Magazine article from: Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...seven vertically integrated sugar beet plants representing three different...marginal costs of producing sugar beets for vertically integrated sugar beet processors as a way of determining...savings from higher quality sugar beets. In doing so, we account for...
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SIC 2063 Beet Sugar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
SIC 2063BEET SUGAR This entry includes establishments...manufacturing sugar from sugar beets. NAICS Code(s) 311313 (Beet Sugar Manufacturing) Sugar beets are one of the world...time period. The beet sugar industry traces its origins...Russia. In 1838, ...
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SIC 0133 Sugarcane and Sugar Beets
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...0133SUGARCANE AND SUGAR BEETS This industry classification...sugarcane and sugar beets. NAICS Code(s) 111991 (Sugar Beet Farming) 111930...in twelve states, sugar beets, on the other hand...percent of sugar beet production costs...
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Sugar Beet
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Sugar Beet The possibility of beet sugar was first discovered in 1605 when...found that the boiled root of garden beet ( Beta vulgaris ) yielded a syrup similar...that the commercial potential of sugar beets was recognized. Once realized, sugar...
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beet sugar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
beet sugar See sugar ; sugar beet .
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sugar beet
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sugar beet variety of beet used commercially as a source of sugar.
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