Sugar beet harvest at Harper Farms near Idahome, Idaho. The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with ...

Nebraska sugarbeet farmer Allan Thorson restored a 1957 International Harvester one-row beet digger similar to what his family used in the 1950s and '60s. He used it on two acres of his 2024 harvest.

The Red River Valley's sugar beet crop is the odd man out in this season of early planted, early harvested crops, with digging actually behind normal schedules.

Amalgamated Sugar’s processing plant in Nampa, Idaho. As his sugar beet harvest continued, Zach Patterson of Paul, Idaho, liked much of what he saw — considering the challenges of the early ...

LOVELL — Growers in the Western Sugar Cooperative Lovell Factory District are producing a bumper crop, and the factory is humming as the fall campaign begins, factory manager Shannon Ellis ...

This year is one of those times. Because the sugar beet crop is so large, American Crystal's pre-pile harvest will most likely start on Aug. 17, which is about two weeks earlier than normal.

A wet weekend has brought the Red River Valley sugar beet harvest to a halt. American Crystal Sugar Co. spokesman Jeff Schweitzer told WDAY AM Radio News that even under a best-case scenario, the ...

By Carol Stender It's been a stop-and-go harvest for sugar beet producers. Rain during fall saturated many fields. However, harvest continues to progress. ByCarol Stender December 01, 2009 at 4:31 ...

As of today, American Crystal Sugar Co.'s growers had lifted and hauled 81 percent of their sugar beet crop, said Jeff Schweitzer, spokesman for the Moorhead-based grower-owned cooperative.

He said when the harvest is complete next spring, the yield should be about 1.2 billion pounds of sugar. Michigan Sugar Company is also making historic investments for its future.

Sugar content of the beets is also looking strong, he said, currently in the 16 to 17-percent range and heading to around 18 percent. The factory is pretty well staffed up, Ellis said.