In this interview, Dale Thompson discusses his personal history and shares his observations of the New York State sugar beet industry. Topics include: his youth on a livestock and sugar beet farm in South Dakota; his experiences as a fieldman with the Utah Idaho Sugar Company; his assessment of specific employees and growers associated with the Empire State Sugar Company; problems between the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association and the management of Empire Sugar, including the harvest by farmers of poor quality, frozen beets; company efforts to improve public relations and provide migrant labor; his assessment of PepsiCo's sincerity in establishing a sugar beet machinery leasing program for farmers; and the use by Empire Sugar of county agricultural agents as liaisons between company fieldmen and farmers.
"In this interview, Dale Thompson discusses his personal history and shares his observations of the New York State sugar beet industry. Topics include: his youth on a livestock and sugar beet farm in South Dakota; his experiences as a fieldman with the Utah Idaho Sugar Company; his assessment of specific employees and growers associated with the Empire State Sugar Company; problems between the Finger Lakes Sugar Beet Growers Association and the management of Empire Sugar, including the harvest by farmers of poor quality, frozen beets; company efforts to improve public relations and provide migrant labor; his assessment of PepsiCo's sincerity in establishing a sugar beet machinery leasing program for farmers; and the use by Empire Sugar of county agricultural agents as liaisons between company fieldmen and farmers."@en
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