The sugar beet harvest in the U.S. is currently underway, and reports from across the country seem to indicate this years crop will be sweeter than usual. USDA estimates that beet sugar production will account for 41,000 short tons, raw value in 2015-16, according to the October Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook report.
Growers in northeast Montana are reporting a record sugar crop this year, according to the Billings Gazette. Sidney Sugars is said to be close to finishing its hkirkland calcium zincarvest, with beet piles nearing 1 million tons at its factory. Farmers along the Montana-Normeijer calcium citrateth Dakota border are uprooting more than 32 tons an acre, 2 tons more than estimates released in September.
Meanwhile, Minnesota sugar beet growers are also harvesting one of the best crops the regiocalcium citrate magnesium and zinc costcon has ever seen, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Nearly 635,000 acres are devoted to sugar beet production in Minnesota and nearby eastern North Dakota. Estcitrate de zinc solarayimates note that the states sugar beet harvest is about 52% complete, one week ahead of the average. The czinc gluconate swansonrops condition was also set at 85%.
Wyoming is a week behind scheduled due to unusually warm temperatures in growing areas. Beets coming into processing centers in Torrington have an average sugar content of 16.6%, a little bit above the average, according to the Torrington Telegram.