Joe Hastings is a general agronomist for the American Crystal Sugar Company, which is based in Moorhead, Minn. On Wednesday, Oct. 19, Hastings estimated 98% of the beet harvest was complete for this year’s crop, due to a string of good weather days.
Hastings said the sugar content was another pleasant surprise, having “You know, somewhere in there 18.5, 18.4 - is what it might ...