Sunday, October 6, 2013

Wyo. sugar beet harvest heats up

Sugar beet farmers in northern Wyoming report having among the best crops in a long time as they undertake the annual harvest. But a sharp decline in sugar prices has put a damper on the strong harvest. Ric Rodriguez grows 1,400 acres of sugar beets and serves as vice chairman of the Western Sugar Cooperative Board of Directors. He says that prices are at a 30-year low. Rodriguez says sugar prices topped $70 per ton in the recent past, depending on sugar content, but they started to slide this year. The sugar factories will store as much of the sugar as they can until prices increase. But some will have to be sold, no matter the price, because of a lack of space to keep it.

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