Browse Ambrook’s collection of funding programs by The Western Sugar Cooperative

For technical assistance and enrollment, contact your local Western Sugar agriculturalist or Western Sugar's Chief Scientist. Western Sugar's main office in Denver can be reached at 303-830-3939.

Local Agriculturist

Chief Scientist

Western Sugar Cooperative main office

Western Sugar Cooperative, a grower-owned sugar beet cooperative, uses USDA climate-smart commodities funding to pay its growers for adopting NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 336 (Soil Carbon Amendment). Western Sugar says 96% of the funds go directly to farmers.


Working with local land-grant universities, Western Sugar has developed Best Management Practices for the soil carbon amendment. It plans to expand use to more than 15,000 acres between 2023 and 2028 in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming and the Crow Tribe.



Western Sugar Cooperative, a grower-owned sugar beet cooperative, uses USDA climate-smart commodities funding to pay its growers for adopting NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 336 (Soil Carbon Amendment). Western Sugar says 96% of the funds go directly to farmers.

Working with local land-grant universities, Western Sugar has developed Best Management Practices for the soil carbon amendment. It plans to expand use to more than 15,000 acres between 2023 and 2028 in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming and the Crow Tribe.

- Sugar beet growers of Western Sugar Cooperative (a grower-owned cooperative).
- Farms in Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Wyoming or the Crow Tribe.
- Must adopt NRCS Conservation Practice Standard 336 (Soil Carbon Amendment).

A lump sum of money for a specific purpose that does not need to be paid back.

Grant

Sugar Beets

Row Crops

Incentive payments for adopting Conservation Practice Standard 336 (Soil Carbon Amendment). Western Sugar says 96% of its USDA funds go directly to farmers. Per-acre payment rates are not published.

List of The Western Sugar Cooperative Funding Opportunities