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Summer’s end is coming into view with the first week of August now here, which means for many farmers around Crookston, that harvest of certain crops such as sugar beets is right around the corner. But due to a very wet spring and many unforeseen circumstances, the planting and growing seasons have been anything but […]
The Red River Valley Sugarbeet Stockpile Harvest looks to be nearly 100% complete sometime this week. With the record high temperatures in early October, the start of the harvest saw an 11-day delay. The job is now nearly complete, and the processing of the sugar from the beets that have been piled will continue sometime
At the end of this week, American Crystal Sugar Company is hoping the weather forecast will stay true, and that they will be able to start the stockpile sugarbeet harvest at their Northwest Minnesota factories. At this time, it looks like the earliest possible start date with cool enough temperatures are forecasted for Sunday, October
American Crystal Sugar Company began the pre-piling phase of processing Sugarbeets a few weeks ago and are gearing up for the stockpile harvest. Their factories in Northwest Minnesota are preparing to begin the stockpile harvest phase around October 1. Eric Ptacek is the Agronomy Manager for the American Crystal Sugar’s Crookston and East Grand Forks
The past couple of years the Sugarbeet Harvest has dealt with several weather-related challenges from snow and freezing conditions to record rainfall. However, Crookston Factory Manager Ryan Wall said those types of challenges don’t appear present this season as the harvest is set to kick off Tuesday night. “It’s looking really good,” said Wall. “The
