This pile of Sugar beets were deemed unusable due to weather conditions as of the time this picture was taken in Huntley on December 3rd. Summer hail storms and a short harvest season mixed with cold weather spurts caused hard conditions to harvest the beets out of the ground with many of the beets still left in the ground, However, Western Sugar Cooperative harvested some of the beets in the middle of this beet dump pile but left the rest to rot. As of December 11, the beets continue to sit in a pile at the Huntley beet dump.
(Jonathan McNiven photo)
In light of the massive weather-induced damage to sugar beet crops across Montana, Governor Bullock has sent a request to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue requesting federal aid for Montana sugar beet farmers, including here in Yellowstone County. read more
