The Red River Farm Network’s own Randy Koenen harvested sugarbeets in southern Minnesota this past week. Dry conditions made for tough digging conditions. “I’ve always said I hated digging beets in the mud, but when you can’t see where you’re going because of the dust I’m thankful for GPS because without that you wouldn’t know if you were on the row or not.” said Koenen. “I’m guessing our best beets are 21-22 tons, it could be a little more but for the most part, it’s been pretty poor. The worst field has been just over eight tons.” That field was in Renville County where it was inundated with rain all year.
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