These true root vegetables can adapt to a wide range of growing conditions. Kerin is an expert sustainable farming writer who has worked with food-related nonprofits and has taught a high school Farm ...

If you're looking for a vegetable that's versatile and easy to grow, beets deserve a spot in your garden. These vibrant root vegetables have an earthy sweetness and add a bright pop of color to your ...

Sugar beet planting is getting back on schedule in Southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon following earlier heavy rains. “We were late going in because of the rain, but we got them all planted,” said Galen ...

Josh Norris, who provides custom farm work, plants sugar beet seed April 3 between Wilder and Homedale, Idaho. Sugar beet planting is about a week ahead of schedule in southern Idaho and eastern ...

GREENS SEEDS: Lettuce can be direct seeded into the garden now through the end of February. Good cultivars include Black-seeded Simpson, Oakleaf, Redsails, Cos Romaine and Buttercrunch. VEGGIES NOW: ...

Sugarbeet seeds got into the ground this spring on schedule across U.S. growing regions as a warm, dry spring allowed farmers to rapidly plant the crop. The same weather conditions, though, combined ...

(Editor's note: This growing season Mike Spieker will be following the progress of a single American Crystal Sugar sugarbeet field in the Red River Valley, covering it from planting to spraying to ...

A federal court is being asked to ban genetically modified sugar beets from being planted or processed, effectively halting nearly half the nation’s sugar production until the crop’s safety is ...

Beets—which are also known by their less popular name, beetroot—are the edible taproot portion of the beet plant, says Natasha Nicholes, the executive director of We Sow We Grow. "They just happen to ...