Sugar beet pre-pile to get an early start

(WDAY TV) - The sugar beet pre-pile could get started earlier than normal this harvest season. American Crystal's pre-pile will likely start on August 17th.

By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY

It means processing factories in Drayton, Hillsboro, Moorhead, East Grand Forks and Crookston will start about two-weeks earlier than normal. Experts say it's been a favorable growing season because the beets got in the fields in April instead of mid-June like last year.

American Crystal is expecting about 25-and-a-half tons of beets per acre this year which could break records.

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Sugar beet pre-pile to get an early start