American Crystal Sugar celebrates 50 years of sweet success

FARGO, N.D. — The atmosphere at the joint annual meeting of American Crystal Sugar Co. and the Red River Valley Sugar Beet Growers Association was festive as the company celebrated a record 2023 crop and 50th anniversary.

About 1,200 farmers and members of the American Crystal Sugar executive team gathered at the Holiday Inn in Fargo on Dec. 7 for the meeting, which featured speakers who talked about the success of the company that growers purchased in 1973.

American Crystal Sugar, which is owned by about 2,400 farmers, has factories in the Minnesota cities of Crookston, East Grand Forks and Moorhead, where it is based, and in the North Dakota towns of Hillsboro and Drayton.

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