The group's principal activities are to produce and market fresh baker's yeast in North Dakota. The group is owned by its member-growers for the purpose of processing sugar beets and marketing sugar and by-products. The products are pooled and marketed through the services of marketing agent under contract. The marketing agents of the group are united sugars corporation, American crystal sugar company, southern Minnesota beet sugar cooperative and the United States sugar corporation. The group's beet molasses and beet pulp are also marketed through a marketing agent, midwest agri commodities company. The membership is limited to sugar beet growers located in the areas of North Dakota and Minnesota. The group holds 80% interest in minn-dak yeast company, inc. Which produces baker's yeast.