The Northwest sugar beet harvest is finishing strong, thanks to a stretch of cooperative weather. “Favorable weather conditions with minimal precipitation have contributed to the successful harvest ...

Soybeans are known as the "wonder crop" because they're put to many different uses. Now, area farmers wonder whether they'll be able to finish harvesting their rain-drenched soybeans. Only 28 percent ...

FELTON, Minn. — Sugar beet farmers in the Red River Valley worked into the night Friday, Oct. 18, to harvest as many acres they could before bad weather struck again. Terry Eidem and his son Trent ...

Sugarbeet companies across the U.S. had been good progress on early harvest of beets by the beginning of October, with some working toward full harvest while others were waiting out unseasonably warm ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. -- The 2015 sugar beet crop hit a new record of about 27.7 tons per acre in the northern Red River Valley, and also came in as the cleanest and most storable on record. Company ...

WILLMAR -- When it comes to rain, there was just too much of a good thing this year for west central Minnesota crop farmers. Early rains helped corn and soybeans flourish and reach yield-busting ...

As his sugar beet harvest continued, Zach Patterson of Paul, Idaho, liked much of what he saw — considering the challenges of the early season. “The beets that escaped the hailstorms did exceptionally ...

MID-MICHIGAN (WNEM) - The cold weather is here to stay as the fall season is in full swing, and that also means it’s time for the sugar beet harvest. “Harvest is about half-done. We’re about 50 ...

MICHIGAN (WNEM) - Sugar beet farmers will begin their harvest next week and the Michigan Sugar Company said the crop is looking good, despite the difficult growing season. “Sounds like we have an ...

RUPERT, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) —Fall’s first freeze has signaled to farmers in the Magic Valley that it’s time to harvest sugar beets, marking the beginning of a critical month-long harvest season. Grant ...

LOVELL — Growers in the Western Sugar Cooperative Lovell Factory District are producing a bumper crop, and the factory is humming as the fall campaign begins, factory manager Shannon Ellis reported at ...