Sakata Seed America is introducing a top-quality line of beet varieties. Due to the company's official merge with Chriseed in 2014, Sakata now offers 16 unique beet varieties boasting qualities such ...

Beets were not a vegetable that I grew up eating, but I fell in love with their earthy sweetness during my days working in restaurants. That earthiness can be a hurdle for some, but there are many ...

A federal judge in San Francisco could decide Friday to order a halt to the planting of any genetically modified -- or "Roundup Ready" -- sugar beets in the nation. That would be a big deal in the Red ...

And because your smell and taste buds are so intertwined, beets may taste like dirt, too. Horticultural scientists have been examining geosmin levels of various beet varieties to breed specialty beets ...

Beets are sweet, made sweeter by cooking. In fact, one variety, sugar beets, are so sweet they are a major sugar crop in Michigan and elsewhere. But those we eat, called garden beets by some and ...

Left: Beet seedlings in ‘conetainers’ await vernalization for rapid-cycle seed production. Mitch McGrath is research geneticist with the USDA-ARS Sugarbeet & Bean Research Unit, Michigan State ...