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Beet Sugar Industry Growth in Nebraska History
The first Grand Island beet sugar factory began in 1889 and five Nebraska mills now operate in Grand Island Scottsbluff Bayard Morrill County Gering and Mitchell with a new Minatare plant planned. The Great Western Sugar Co owns most mills while the Grand Island plant remains 500 tons daily capacity.
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Nebraska
Grand Island
Oxnard Sugar Co
American Sugar Co
Scotts Bluff
Locat
Bayard
Morrill County
Gering and Mitchell
Scotts Bluff County
Great Western Sugar Company
Denver
American Sugar Company
Mitchell
Gering and Bayard
Minatare
Standard Cattle Company
Ames
Dodge County
Allan
Union Pacific
Leavitt
Norfolk
Platte Valley
Will Ripley
Ben Gentry
Winters Creek
Scottsbluff
North Platte Valley
Union
General Anncon
Fort Sidney
Merritt
Robert Oberfelder
North Platte
Gering
Scottsbluff County
Burlington
Bridgeport
Casper
Colorado