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Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association display

A table at an event promoting the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, 1981. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

One-millionth bag of American Crystal sugar

The one-millionth bag of American Crystal sugar, ca. 1960–1969. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

Harvested sugar beets

A railcar full of sugar beets being unloaded at a factory, 1956. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

Man with a sugar beet

A man with a sugar beet in Moorhead, 1951. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

Sugar beet farmers and tractor

Farmers with a tractor used on the F. H. Ross sugar beet farm near Fisher, 1932. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

Construction site of an American Beet Sugar Company factory

The construction crew at the new American Beet Sugar Company factory in East Grand Forks, 1926. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

American Crystal Sugar factory, Moorhead

The brand-new American Crystal Sugar factory in Moorhead, 1948. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

American Crystal Sugar Company

The American Crystal Sugar Company evolved out of its predecessor, the American Beet Sugar Company, in 1934 to operate factories in Minnesota, Iowa, and Colorado. After the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association bought it in 1973, American Crystal moved its headquarters to Moorhead, Minnesota, and became the first farmer-owned sugar beet cooperative in the United States.

Storied: Hmong American Farmers Association

The Minnesota Historical Society talks to Janseen Hang, senior organizer at the Hmong American Farmers Association.

MN90: Parasites, Not Pesticides

Britt Aamodt describes Pu Zhelong's contributions to the history of pest management in Minnesota.

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