Main sugar beet harvest to begin in Taber area
Weather improves in southern Alberta as Taber sugar beet facilities plan a Monday start for the main harvest. superintendent Andrew Llewelyn-Jones notes stations to open Tuesday and possibly Wednesday depending on conditions, with past weeks’ cool damp weather delaying progress. Beet quality reported as very good and yields potentially surpassing the 23.3 tonne per acre record, with some growers in the upper 20s to over 30.