Thursday, October 13, 2011

Sugar Beet Harvest Slowed By Rain

Recent wet weather has slowed down the sugar beet harvest in eastern Wyoming... that is according to Western Sugar Cooperative officials. Rainfall amounts of between 2 and 3 inches fell last weekend in the area. Western Sugar agriculturalist Craig Spencer says growers will have to wait for drier conditions before resuming the harvest. Western Sugar officials said that the harvest is about 10 percent complete.

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