Overview

American Crystal Sugar Company is an agricultural cooperative that produces sugar and other agricultural products. It is owned by about 2,750 growers who cultivate roughly one-third of the nation’s sugar beet acreage in the Red River Valley of Minnesota and North Dakota. It is the largest beet sugar producer in the United States and sells around 15 percent of the country’s sugar. The company runs sugar factories in Crookston, East Grand Forks, and Moorhead, Minnesota, and in Drayton and Hillsboro, North Dakota, with its technical services center and corporate headquarters in Moorhead. Employees and growers emphasize safety, quality, and customer satisfaction, offering multiple growth paths for professionals across roles such as accounting, engineering, factory operations, supervision, and management. Customers include well-known food brands, and American Crystal aims to be the supplier of choice by delivering safe, high-quality products on time and by building trusted partnerships.