Our Community & Events

The Riverton NWS Team recognizes Western Sugar for recording the weather in Lovell, Wyoming for 100 Years.  Brandon Harvey records the weather for the Lovell factory. We are proud of our Lovell facility.

Western Sugar was honored to sponsor the Christmas Capital of the Plains event in Fort Morgan. The event involved holiday shopping, free carriage rides, and a large “Snowzilla” inflatable slide for the month leading up to Christmas.   *Photo Credit: Fort Morgan Times*

Western Sugar was a proud sponsor of the Fort Morgan Rotary Club’s Annual Chili Cook-off. The Cook-Off took place on December 2nd, 2017. Western Sugar is happy to support the Chili Cook-Off, who’s proceeds benefit Fort Morgan Rotary Scholarships to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards and help with International Exchange Student Costs. *Photo Credit: … Continued

“Pedal the Plains” had an educational stop at the Wester Sugar Cooperative’s Fort Morgan factory. Over 900 bikers stopped by the Western Sugar booth to learn more about the sugarbeet process. We congratulate all participants, as well as those who were involves in making the event come to life.  

Nebraska governor, Pete Ricketts, toured Western Sugars packaging lines with Western Sugar growers, Nick Lapaseottes and Kendall Busch.

U.S. Representative Ken Buck visited our Fort Morgan sugar beet processing facility on November 4, 2016. We were delighted to have the Congressman show such enthusiasm for our industry’s well being. We had a fruitful discussion and policies impacting the sugar industry and took an informative tour of the plant.

United States Senator Deb Fischer took time from her busy schedule to stop by and visit our newly renovated and expanded Scottsbluff sugar beet processing facility. The Senator was brimming with curiosity and fantastic questions for the local staff and management alike. As a native western Nebraskan and rancher, Senator Fischer continues to be a … Continued

Western Sugar growers, agricultural staff and future farmers of America members volunteered in a booth for sugar beet days in Sterling, Colorado. Fun was had by all making and distributing cotton candy. Our growers donated over 500 two pound bags of sugar to the event to hand out to the community just in time for … Continued

Western Sugar made their first exhibiting debut at the International Baking Industry Exposition (IBIE) on October 8th, 2016. The show, which is only every three years, extended for four days in total. Western Sugar exhibited their booth in order to have face-to-face conversations with both current and potential customers alike. IBIE awarded Western Sugar with … Continued

On Tuesday evening, September 20th the Farmers Alliance for Integrated Resources (FAIR) hosted a forum in conjunction with the Colorado Farm bureau and BIO that featured the two existing Boulder County Commissioners, Deb Gardner and Elise Jones, along with their two opponents seeking their seats, Kevin Sipple and Paul Danish. Commissioners Gardner and Jones made … Continued

High School members of the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program have volunteered to man a booth with Western Sugar farmers at Sterling, Colorado’s Sugar Beet Days. This annual event is a great way for the community to get together and celebrate another harvest season. Western Sugar representatives Shawn Brecht and Rebecca Larson were joined … Continued

The Western Sugar Cooperative’s Denver office faced the challenge of climbing one of Colorado’s “14ers” on  July 9th.  A group of fourteen employees and spouses climbed the top of Mount Spaulding  where they gained 13,842 ft in elevation. From there, twelve went on to summit Mount Evans at 14,265 ft.  An additional six employees and … Continued