Wyoming state officials are negotiating a contract to provide natural gas at a discount to Wyoming sugarbeet growers and processors.

Growers in the Treasure Valley of Idaho and Oregon have been given an alert for powdery mildew in their beets.

Jack Roney, director of economic and policy analysis for the Washington, DC-based American Sugar Alliance, told members of the World Trade Organizatio

U.S. deliveries of sweeteners for 2003 are estimated at 20.594 million tons.