Sugar, you might think, is just sugar, no matter where it comes from. But not anymore. About half of all sugar in the U.S. comes from sugar beets, and the other half comes from sugar cane. Now, for ...

Amid rising pressure to remove or label genetically modified foods, General Mills is changing the way it makes Cheerios cereal. The original Cheerios will soon be made without any genetically modified ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - A judge's ruling halting planting of genetically modified sugar beet seeds has left growers feeling uncertain as they wait for federal officials to decide the next step for a ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has proposed new guidelines for labeling foods that contain genetically modified ingredients. Food makers will be required by federal law to use the labels, starting ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Federal agriculture officials have released a plan to let farmers plant genetically modified sugar beets while a lawsuit over them is resolved, but farmers fear a partial ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Genetically modified sugar beets designed to withstand the weed killer Roundup can be planted under strict conditions with no threat to the environment and other plants, the ...

Half the sugar in the United States comes from sugar beets, Stearns noted. There are only two sugar beet seed companies in the country, he said, and one of them is Monsanto, the maker of Roundup.

NAMPA-- Sugar beet growers and processors are worried they might not have a crop next year. It all started in 2008, when a number of groups filed a lawsuit challenging the Department of Agriculture's ...

The Obama administration apparently isn't any more worried about genetically modified sugar beets than the Bush Administration, a blow to Willamette Valley activists and others concerned about ...