![]() ![]() The company estimates yields will average 27.5 million tons, and sugar content is 17.5%.įarther south, farmers who grow sugarbeets for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative in Renville, Minnesota, have made good harvest progress, said Todd Geselius the cooperative’s vice president of agriculture. Meanwhile, the canopy of the sugarbeets should help protect the roots, he said, noting that a few hours of temperatures in the 20s will not kill the canopy.Ībout half of American Crystal Sugar Co.'s harvest was complete as of Tuesday, Oct. This year, daytime temperatures are forecast to be in the high 40s and low 50s. In 2019, nighttime lows fell below 20 degrees and the daytime high temperatures were at or below 32 degrees, said Steve Rosenau, American Crystal Sugar Co. 21 is that this year both soil temperatures and air temperatures are warmer. The difference between the 2019 freeze and the temperatures forecast for Oct. ![]() In 2019, freezing temperatures in early November destroyed thousands of the Red River Valley sugarbeet acres, and farmers had to abandon them. ![]()
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