American Crystal Sugar Company celebrates 100 years of sugarbeet processing in East Grand Forks
Zach Olson shares a look back with the factory’s “wall of history” as the East Grand Forks location recognizes its 100-year anniversary of sugarbeet processing in the Red River Valley
East Grand Forks factory marks 100th campaign a century after opening in 1926
American Crystal Sugar Company is marking 100 years of sugarbeet processing at its East Grand Forks factory. On this date in 1926, the factory initiated its first sugarbeet processing campaign for the American Beet Sugar Company.
The company’s rich sugarbeet history began with 10,000 acres harvested and average yields of 7…
