The factory processing 20,000 tonnes of sugar beet a day

The British Sugar factory at Wissington, an eight-mile (13km) drive from Downham Market, is now dubbed "the largest and the ...
AG Week

Sugarbeet industry veterans talk about how 'really different' farming used to be

A standing-room only crowd of close to 200 gathered at ISBI to listen to living sugarbeet history presented by four men with long experiences and memories in how sugarbeet production used to be.
WJRT ABC12

Caro 'dropping the beet' on New Year's Eve

The Caro beet drop event will begin at 8 p.m. on New Year's Eve at Trudeau Square. There will be an early drop at 9 p.m. and ...
Orange County Register

Here’s how much California’s sugar beet business has imploded

With our sugar consumption likely to rise with Halloween candy piling up, we look at the history of sugar and why California’s last sugar beet plant is leaving the state. The last sugar beat factory ...
Los Angeles Times

California’s last beet sugar factory is leaving the state

The last factory in California that turns sugar beets into sugar is shutting down after 78 years, according to the company that owns the factory. The closure means the elimination of hundreds of local ...