beet

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Benali added that sugar beet, citrus and vegetable farms had also been devastated by flooding.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

In the U.S., at one time the world’s leader in the making of maple syrup, production plummeted in the 20th century as the country’s population became more urban, and cane and beet sugar less expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

In a study published in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, researchers found that sugar beet pulp could help farmers cut down on synthetic pesticide use.

From Science Daily • Oct. 12, 2025

The rice field is surrounded by potato, onion and beet crops, which are still the thriving staples here.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2025

Those dozen blockbusters are the cereals wheat, corn, rice, barley, and sorghum; the pulse soybean; the roots or tubers potato, manioc, and sweet potato; the sugar sources sugarcane and sugar beet; and the fruit banana.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond