Sugarbeet pre-pile harvest officially began on August 10 for growers in the Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative. Board member and Wyndmere, North Dakota farmer Carson Klosterman says there’s a good sugarbeet crop growing in the area. “There’s estimates of 28 to 29 tons for the factory average. Pre-pile harvest is starting on the early side due to two reasons: the good crop and to get more sugar made for the low production of the 2019 crop. We don’t pre-pile until August 18 or 19.” A few good things happened during the growing season to help the crop. “The sugarbeets came up awful early. We probably got our first ones in around April 23. I don’t remember it being very warm right away, but there was good moisture to help. The crop also has a good stand, which will help carry the average a bit and a good stand equates to good, recoverable sugar.”
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