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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6up. The first round of opening fields and getting the factories up and running began in mid-September. The general around the clock beet harvest is now in full progress at both MinnDak and Crystal factories and at the piler stations.

Farmers knew going into the season that they were going to be growing sugarbeets at a loss. Last year the bottom fell out of the United States sugar market when imported Mexican sugar caused a glut on the market. Prices plummeted from about $70 per ton of beets in 2012 to $40 in 2013. This year is expected to be no better. Those who hold beet contracts are still required to plant those acres.

The only good news on the sugar front is that the Mexican imports are being monitored by the United States. It is obvious to nearly everyone except a Washington DC bureaucrat that the Mexicans are selling government subsidized sugar on the world market and in the United States at cut-rate prices. USDA is looking at slapping a big tariff on Mexican sugar which might go a long ways towards solving the problem but probably not for this growing season.

This year’s crop season is not over and there may yet be some pleasant surprises. But then again, maybe not.Mile the fat lady hasn’t sung on this year’s crop year yet, she is tuning up in the background. This year’s

wheat crop will set the stage for how well she will perform. Likely she will still have a few tricks up her sleeve.

Wheat Harvest Is Off Fields

Due to a combination of rainy and cold weather, many farmers had to start the 2014 harvest later than usual. However, the majority of farmers have wrapped up the roughly six week harvest season, with the remaining wheat being picked up throughout the area. A frequent rainy forecast meant farmers were constantly racing the clock to get as much off the field as possible before the clouds returned again. In the foreground is one of the posts for the CapX2020 electrical transmission project that will be built this fall.