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| Company type | Agricultural Marketing Cooperative |
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| Industry | Agriculture |
| Founded | 1899 |
| Founder | Henry T. Oxnard |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Minnesota, North Dakota, & Montana |
Key people | Thomas Astrup (President & CEO) |
| Products | Sugar |
| Parent | United Sugars, Midwest Agri-Commodities |
| Website | www |
American Crystal Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative specializing in the production of sugar and related agri-products. American Crystal is owned by nearly 2,800 shareholders who raise approximately one-third of the nation's sugarbeet acreage in the Red River valley of Minnesota and North Dakota. As the largest beet sugar producer in the United States, the company utilizes innovative farming practices, low-cost production methods, and sales and marketing leadership to produce and sell about 15 percent of America's sugar. American Crystal operates sugar factories in Crookston, East Grand Forks, and Moorhead Minnesota; Drayton and Hillsboro, North Dakota. The company's technical services center and corporate headquarters are also located in Moorhead.
Located in Edina, Minnesota, United Sugars Producers & Refiners Cooperative markets American Crystal's sugar to retail and industrial customers throughout the nation. Midwest Agri-Commodities Company, based in San Rafael, California, globally markets American Crystal's agri-products such as sugarbeet pulp, molasses, concentrated separated byproduct (CSB; de-sugared molasses), and betaine.