'Our cooperative is better today because of Julie's contributions' When she came to work at Michigan Sugar Company in 1997, Julie Perry didn’t know what a sugarbeet was, from where sugar came, or anything about the sugar industry. She had been working as a paralegal, looking for a career change, [...]
How will you celebrate one of the world's oldest documented commodities? The Sugar Association has announced the celebration of the first National Real Sugar Day, taking place Oct. 14, 2022, as a day to celebrate real sugar with the people who bring it from farm to table and those individuals [...]
Board of Directors hires national firm to conduct search for cooperative’s next leader After a 40-year career serving the sugar industry, Michigan Sugar Company President and CEO Mark Flegenheimer has announced his plans to retire. Flegenheimer began his career with Michigan Sugar in 1994 working as Vice President of Administration. [...]
Brooke Pagel of Birch Run, Adriana Ivezaj of Macomb crowned Queen’s Court Attendants SEBEWAING, MICHIGAN – Brianna Kubik of Reese was crowned the 2022 Michigan Sugar Queen during a ceremony held Friday, June 17, at Sebewaing Village Park during the village’s annual Michigan Sugar Festival. Kubik, 19, is a graduate [...]
Michigan Sugar Company, Hausbeck Pickles & Peppers led major upgrade to play area for kids SAGINAW, MICHIGAN – Excitement is brewing at the Mid-Michigan Children’s Museum in Saginaw as officials have re-opened a beloved gallery where kids can play while learning the story of agriculture in the Great Lakes Bay [...]
Cooperative asks growers to leave additional acres in the field through volunteer program Nov. 10, 2021 BAY CITY, MICHIGAN – Michigan Sugar Company officials know this year’s sugarbeet harvest is going to set a record in terms of tons per acre. By how much this year’s numbers surpass the previous [...]
Permanent piling gets underway Oct. 22; officials predicting a yield of 34 tons per acre BAY CITY – As Michigan Sugar Company begins the full harvest of its 2021 sugarbeet crop on Friday, Oct. 22, co-op officials are predicting a potential record yield of 34 tons per acre, up from [...]
VP of Operations: ‘Investing in employees … is part of our DNA here’ When Will Rabun joined the Factory Electrician/Instrumentation Technician Apprenticeship Program at Michigan Sugar Company in May 2020, he was looking to carve out a better life for himself and his family. Rabun, 31, planted his career at [...]
Cooperative will produce up to 80 million more pounds of sugar annually from molasses MONITOR TOWNSHIP, MICHIGAN – Michigan Sugar Company today announced plans to invest more than $65 million to construct a desugarization facility at its factory located at 2600 S. Euclid Ave. in Bay County’s Monitor Township (commonly [...]
Kenna Karst of Frankenmuth, Raven Wieland of Pinconning crowned Queen’s Court Attendants BAY CITY, MICHIGAN – Ally Kemp of Unionville was crowned the 2021 Michigan Sugar Queen during a ceremony held Friday, June 18, at Michigan Sugar Company’s headquarters at Uptown Bay City. Kemp, 19, is a graduate of Unionville-Sebewaing [...]
