Red River Valley Sugar Beet Harvest to Get Underway Saturday at Midnight
East Grand Forks, MN — The full campaign of the American Crystal Sugarbeet harvest will get underway this Saturday, October 1st at midnight and area growers along the Red River Valley are anxious and excited to get it underway. Producers are probably most excited about the crop itself as some timely rains and warm temps this past month really helped boost tonnage and sugar content into a better-than-expected crop, according to Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Executive Director Harrison Weber.
What might be making growers anxious this year is a shortage of harvest help. Weber says most farms could still use a hand or two to help bring in this year’s crop.
Weber adds that it still amazes him how such a large crop can be harvested in a short amount of time and how the community comes together to make it happen.
For more information about harvest job opportunities, visit rrvsga.com.