The vice president of agriculture for the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is anticipating a smaller than normal crop.
Todd Geselius says their harvest started about 10 days ago, and it’s common for growers to go after the poorer fields first.
“A lot of times those beets aren’t as storable, so they get them out of the way and we don’t have to store them long-term. So it’s a little tough to say just yet, but we’ve been anticipating, based on our root samples, about a 24 1/2 ton crop.
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