Six-generation farm family grows 4,100 acres of sugarbeets Michigan Sugar Company Grower-owner Clint Hagen of Ubly, Michigan, has been elected Vice President of the American Sugarbeet Growers Association (ASGA) Board of Directors. The election, to fill a vacant position, took place July 15 during ASGA’s summer meeting in Boise, Idaho. [...]
Sarah Nimtz of Unionville, Sammie Stricker of Saginaw crowned Queen’s Court Attendants SEBEWAING, MICHIGAN – Marisa Rose of Owosso was crowned the 2025 Michigan Sugar Queen during a ceremony held Friday, June 13, at Sebewaing Village Park during the village’s 60th annual Michigan Sugar Festival. Marisa, 19, is a 2023 [...]
Money Awarded to Reese Public Schools, Sanilac Career Center, North Huron Schools, and Cass City Public Schools In partnership with the Michigan FFA Foundation, Michigan Sugar Company is honored to announce the recipients in the initial class of the cooperative’s FFA Mini-Grant program. Existing and newly established FFA chapters throughout [...]
North Branch woman's Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake wows judges Mary Yelland of North Branch took top honors at the 2025 All Things Chocolate Baking Competition held Wednesday, Jan. 29 - opening day of Zehnder’s Snowfest in Frankenmuth. Her Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake took top honors in the Cake [...]
Food pantries, churches, and other groups benefit from partnership with United Way, Hidden Harvest BAY CITY, MICHIGAN -- There’s nothing sweeter than living united with your colleagues, friends, and neighbors, particularly when you help those in need. Michigan Sugar Company, in partnership with United Way of Bay County and Hidden [...]
Plant allows company to extract additional sugar from 100% of the molasses it produces as byproduct MONITOR TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN – After nearly four years in the making – from conception, to engineering, to construction, to start-up – Michigan Sugar Company today dedicated its new Molasses Desugarization Facility with a ribbon [...]
Addison Hagen of Bad Axe, Kinzlee Karst of Frankenmuth crowned Queen's Court Attendants SEBEWAING, MICHIGAN – Isabella Stoutenburg of Sandusky was crowned the 2024 Michigan Sugar Queen during a ceremony held Friday, June 14, at Sebewaing Village Park during the village’s 59th annual Michigan Sugar Festival. Isabella, 19, is a [...]
Historic project in Bay City was four years in the making After nearly four years in the making - from conception, to engineering, to construction, to start-up - Michigan Sugar Company started up its new molasses desugarization facility in Bay City at around noon on Monday, May 20, 2024. The [...]
Oldest factory in the United States set six new production records, earned award based on slice and extraction CARO, MICHIGAN – Michigan Sugar Company officials today recognized employees at the sugarbeet processing facility in Caro as 2023-2024 Campaign Champions. The award – revived this year for the first time in [...]
Ypsilanti woman's Triple Chocolate Caramel Delight Cake makes her repeat champion Naomi Tobin-Matthews wasn't sure she would be returning to Zehnder's Snowfest in Frankenmuth this year to defend her All Things Chocolate Baking Competition championship. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, one day before opening day of Snowfest and the popular baking [...]
