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Farmer Profiles
Ben Marshall, Jerome, ID
August 2020
Ben Marshall, a fifth-generation sugar beet farmer, shares the rewards and challenges of being a farmer today.
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Brent Rivet, Rosedale, LA
July 2020
Farming sugar cane has been a way of life for Brent and his family for almost 100 years. As a third-generation farmer, his passion for working the land and learning new ways to improve the farm’s operation is rooted deep.
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Sonny Stein, Belle Glade, FL
June 2020
Inheriting a legacy and passing it on: this fourth generation farmer shares the importance of sustainability for generations to come.
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Bryan Simon, Maurice, LA
April 2020
Bryan has been farming sugar cane for 30 years, but he grew up driving tractors with his dad on their rice and soybean farm.
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Richard Russell, Basin, WY
April 2020
Richard didn’t grow up farming, but now he has a family farm that encompasses three generations.
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Rusty Trail, Glenn’s Ferry, ID
February 2020
Idaho is known for the potato, but the Trail family has a good reason for growing sugar beets.
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Luis Ruiz, Belle Glade, FL
February 2020
Passionate about sustainability and solving problems, Luis Ruiz is one of the youngest managers in the sugar cane business.
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Suzanne Rutherford, Brawley, CA
January 2020
As a 3rd generation farmer in the California valley, Suzanne Rutherford and her family have a pretty unique sugar beet farm.
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Eddie Lewis, Youngsville, LA
January 2020
Family business might be an understatement for the Lewis’ and sugar cane farming. At one point, their family farm had 30 employees and every single one was a blood relative.
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