: a white-rooted beet grown for the sugar in its roots
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Other farmers, Hoekema said, are already considering moving on from water-intensive cash crops like potatoes, sugar beets and soybeans in favor of alfalfa or wheat.—Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026 Abatti, 63, owns a large farming operation in the Imperial Valley, growing crops including sugar beets, alfalfa and melons.—Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 In Michigan, the Michigan Department of Transportation typically uses salt, but also has tried sugar beet waste.—Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 25 Mar. 2026 As sugar is processed, the juice from sugarcane or sugar beets is boiled down, and molasses is what's left behind.—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sugar beet