Sugar beet farmers in the Powell area are hoping for just the right weather to help them bring in a near-record crop this fall. Farmers say they're expecting to see around 30 tons of sugar beets per acre, and sugar prices have been favorable - around 40 cents per pound. What the growers need now are some cool, crisp days over the next few weeks. Beets do best when they're stockpiled at temperatures no higher than 55 degrees. But farmers say they don't want the weather to get too cold. A hard freeze such as one that happened in October, 2009, can make it impossible to dig the beets out of the ground.
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