Harvest behind in Minnesota sugarbeet country

Harvest behind in Minnesota sugarbeet country

Harvest is behind in the heart of Minnesota’s sugarbeet

country.

Noah Hultgren grows beets, soybeans, corn and alfalfa near Raymond in the west-central part of the state.

“Our co-op just started to pull harvest last Monday and we were able to go till Thursday at 4 o’clock, then everything shut down (because) of the rain and eventually snow.”

He tells Brownfield the harvest pace for mid-October is typically

25 to 30 percent ahead of where area farmers are currently at.

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