American Crystal Sugar Crookston, Minnesota

American Crystal is one of the largest producers of sugar in the country. It is a cooperative, of more than 2,700 shareholders, who are mostly sugar beet farms. The company is the largest producer of sugar beet sugar, controlling around 1/3 of its production nationally, which is about 15% of the sugar produced in the US. It does so out of a half dozen large plants, including this one, and two others in Minnesota, along with two in North Dakota, and one in Montana. The Red River Valley is one of the national centers of sugar beet production, and is dominated by American Crystal. The company is headquartered near its plant in Moorhead.