Michigan native has nearly 35 years of experience in consumer and food products industry John Whaley has been named Vice President of Sales & Marketing for Michigan Sugar Company, a grower-owned cooperative headquartered in Bay City with sugarbeet slicing facilities in Bay City, Caro, Croswell, and Sebewaing. Among its products, [...]
Kylie Spiekerman of Saginaw, Maria Ivezaj of Macomb crowned Queen’s Court Attendants SEBEWAING, MICHIGAN – Kassie Acker of Alma was crowned the 2023 Michigan Sugar Queen during a ceremony held Friday, June 16, at Sebewaing Village Park during the village’s 58th annual Michigan Sugar Festival. Kassie, 20, is a senior [...]
North Dakota native has more than three decades of experience in the agribusiness sector Michigan Sugar Company has named Neil C. Juhnke of Lake Park, Minnesota, its next President and CEO. A native of North Dakota, Juhnke comes to Michigan Sugar to continue a career in the agribusiness sector that [...]
Event is for current and prospective Michigan Sugar Company grower-owners and industry professionals Are you a current or prospective Michigan Sugar Company grower-owner or a sugarbeet industry professional looking to broaden your knowledge in the areas of growing sugarbeets or how the cooperative works? If so, make plans to attend [...]
Ypsilanti Woman Wins Best Cake Category and Overall Best in Show Award With her delicious Four Chocolate Raspberry Mascarpone Cake, Naomi Toben-Matthews of Ypsilanti took home the top prize at the 2023 All Things Chocolate Baking Competition held Wednesday, Jan. 25, on opening day of Zehnder's Snowfest in Frankenmuth. In [...]
Director of research and agronomy at Michigan Sugar Company a leader in helping sugarbeet farmers implement sustainable growing practices LANSING – The Nature Conservancy in Michigan (TNC) today announced Corey Guza, Ph.D., director of research and agronomy for Michigan Sugar Company, as the recipient of the organization’s 2022 Conservation Excellence [...]
Inaugural Celebration Spotlights Sugar’s Natural Origins from Sugar Beet and Sugar Cane Plants WASHINGTON, October 6, 2022 – The sugar industry will come together to mark the first annual National Real Sugar Day on Oct. 14 as a day to celebrate real sugar with the people who bring it from [...]
'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. [...]
