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  2. Sugar beet - Wikipedia

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    A sugar beet is a plant whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose and that is grown commercially for sugar production. In plant breeding, it is known as the Altissima cultivar group of the common beet (Beta vulgaris). [1]

  3. Beta vulgaris - Wikipedia

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    The Silesian sugar beet was soon introduced to France where Napoleon opened schools specifically for studying the plant. He also ordered that 28,000 hectares (69,000 acres) be devoted to growing the new sugar beet. [30] This was in response to British blockades of cane sugar during the Napoleonic Wars, which ultimately stimulated the rapid ...

  4. Beet sugar factory - Wikipedia

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    A beet sugar factory, or sugar factory, is a type of production facility that produces sugar from sugar beets or alternative plants to sugarcane in making refined sugar. These factories process the beets to produce refined sugar, similar to sugarcane in other regions. The process involves several steps, including washing, slicing, and ...

  5. Sugar industry of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Sugar beets are the other leading raw material for manufactured sugar in the United States. This is a sturdy crop grown in a wide variety of temperate climatic conditions and planted annually. Sugar beets can be stored for a short while after harvest, but must be processed before sucrose deterioration occurs.

  6. Utah-Idaho Sugar Company - Wikipedia

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    The leadership came from the Lehi plant. [5] 36,000 tons of sugar beets from 5,724 acres (23.16 km 2) were harvested the first year, resulting in 3665 tons of sugar, and the factory employed approximately 200 people. [5]

  7. Government refuses emergency use of banned bee-killing ... - AOL

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    The application to use the pesticide had been made by British Sugar and the National Farmers’ Union, as a seed treatment for sugar beet to protect against aphids that carry yellows virus ...

  8. Amalgamated Sugar Company - Wikipedia

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    During World War I, sugar beet seed, normally sourced from Europe, was difficult to acquire. Joseph Quinney Jr., the manager of the Logan and Lewiston factories, purchased 3 years' supply of sugar beet seed for the Amalgamated and Utah-Idaho Sugar companies for a cost of $500,000, about three times higher than it would normally cost.

  9. Banned toxic pesticide approved for sugar beet for fourth ...

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    The Government said sugar beet supports 10,000 jobs and the virus can reduce crops by 50%, with a quarter of the national crop lost in 2020 to the virus at a cost of £67 million.

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