Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative will begin pre-pile sugarbeet harvest August 21. “They’re figuring 14.5 ton right now on one of our fields that they sampled,” said Craig Olson of Colfax, North Dakota. “A good rain would push that crop along, but, overall, our crop look pretty good.” Olson is in a pocket that was wet and had a late start. That has been followed by a dry summer. Despite that, crops look decent. “I’d say our pastures are the only thing hurting. They just haven’t been able to catch up with the little rains that we’ve been getting., it might be an early fall of feeding cows because the grass won’t catch up.”
