FARGO, N.D. -- Will Red River Valley area sugar beet farmers change from the familiar pull-behind sugar beet harvesters to self-propelled machines? Four manufacturers are hoping so, as they talked up ...

FREELAND, MI - Matt Helmreich, 26, has been harvesting sugar beets since he was 16. A decade ago, Helmreich and his brother, Mark, and father, Ron, were using older-style equipment that's still in use ...

ROPA North America, a sugar beet harvesting equipment company, will be expanding its operations in Sandusky. The company purchased five acres of land from the city’s industrial park for $10,000. The ...

MURDOCK, Minn. - It's a warm fall morning that followed enough rain to make fields slimy and prone to deep tractor-tire ruts, but a bright yellow behemoth of a machine is having no trouble gliding ...