sugarbeets

There is always room for dessert no matter how much you had to eat during the main course of the meal and dessert might come in many forms on National Dessert Day.

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...

Total U.S. farm cash receipts are forecast to increase 24% in 2022 compared with 2021.  But total farm production expenses are also expected to be way up this year compared with last year.  Sean Ellis with the Idaho Farm Bureau Federation said the picture is a rosier in the Gem State.   “Idaho far...

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...

According to NASS, area row crops are smaller this year.   Potato production in Oregon is forecast at 25.3 million cwt., down 4% from the previous year. Harvested area, at 42,900 acres, is down 900 acres from 2021. Yield is expected to be 590 cwt. per...

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’...

As we move into the 2nd half of October and harvest picks up, the 2022 crop numbers are a mixed bag.   According to NASS, Washington canola production is forecast at 231 million pounds, up 62% year-over-year.  Harvested area, at 130,000 acres, is unchanged from 2021.  Yield i...

As we start our Northwest Farm Credit Services’ quarterly commodity snapshot series, we focus on area row crops.  Bill Perry, Vice President at NWFCS, said when it comes to potatoes, their outlook suggests slightly profitable returns for contracted potatoes and profitable returns for uncontracted spuds.   “For c...

According to NASS, sugarbeet production in Idaho is forecast at 6.63 million tons, down 1% from 2021.  Harvested area, at 170,000 acres, is unchanged from 2021.  Yield is expected to be 39 tons per acre, unchanged from August 1st, 2022, but down half a ton from 2021.   Oregon sug...