American Crystal Sugar Co., based in Moorhead, Minnesota, announced on Monday, Feb. 6, that it was going to close the Montana plant because Montana-Dakota Beet Growers Association farmers who grow sugarbeets for the company showed there no longer was adequate interest in growing enough of the crop to sustain operations.
American Sugarbeet Growers Association executive vice president Luther Markwart discusses disruptions in Washington, D.C., and within ASGA and how the organization is working through them.