Warm Weather Delays Sugar Beet Harvest

(Learfield News/Raymond, MN) Unseasonably warm weather is slowing the sugarbeet harvest in west-central Minnesota.

Noah Hultgren of Raymond says the local beet cooperative typically starts full harvest by the beginning of October. He says, “With the warm weather that we’re having right now, they don’t like to store beets with that warm of temps. So they’re looking to push back the full harvest to Monday, October 6th.”

Hultgren says the forecast looks more favorable next week with the weather starting to cool down a little bit, which would be better for storage.

Hultgren also grows corn, soybeans, and edible beans. He says the warm, dry weather is aiding harvest progress for those crops.