Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association

With warmer weather in the weeks ahead, sugarbeet growers will focus more on their fields and the 2023 crop.  But that doesn’t mean things have been quiet since harvest.  Samantha Parrott, Executive Director of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, says their growers have been hard at work over recent months advocating for issues vital to the ag industry, both at the state and federal lev

After eight years as President of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, Randy Grant officially retired from his post last week.  The organization saw many changes under Grant’s leadership, including unification with the Nyssa-Nampa Growers Association who joined the organization in 2022.  Unification h...

It’s a common theme across the agricultural community this year, the cost of doing business continues to increase.  Randy Grant, President of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, said inflation has impacted growers across the area in a variety of ways.   “Our i...

For the most part, the sugarbeet harvest across the Pacific Northwest is in the history books.  Randy Grant, President of the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association says this year’s harvest was a smooth one, with weather conditions dry and perhaps a little too warm.  He noted that’...

In January, the Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association, changed its name and expanded its boundaries. Now known as the Snake River Sugarbeet Growers Association, membership now includes growers in western Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. Association Executive Director Brad Griff said growers across the PNW decided now is the right time to unite under one name ...

The Idaho Sugarbeet Growers Association is no more. The organization announced Tuesday is has expanded membership to the west now including Oregon and Washington growers. And with that expansion comes a new name, Snake River Sugarbeet Association, which represents 700 growers across the PNW on a combined 180,000 acres, accounting for nearly seven million tons of production ...