FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- Sugar beet cooperatives in the Red River Valley of eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota say yields this year could set records.
That means farmers might not be allowed to harvest all of their acres.
American Crystal Sugar Co. tells the Grand Forks Herald that yields are averaging 20 tons per acre. Yields for Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative are running in the mid-20s. Those are high numbers for this early in the harvest.
Factories can process only so many beets, so sometimes beets have to be plowed under.
Crystal spokesman Jeff Schweitzer says that co-op will decide whether all of the planted acres will be harvested after the harvest is fully under way. Minn-Dak spokesman Tom Knudsen says that co-op's growers were cautioned early that cutbacks might be necessary.
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