{"id":11823,"date":"2017-10-11T22:48:40","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T21:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germains.com\/?p=11823\/"},"modified":"2018-05-11T22:37:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-11T21:37:10","slug":"prepile-sugarbeet-harvest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/germains.com\/us\/prepile-sugarbeet-harvest\/","title":{"rendered":"Early or Prepile Sugarbeet Harvest"},"content":{"rendered":"

As summer starts to fade, sugar beet growers anticipate the harvest season.\u00a0 Many sugar cooperatives throughout the country use early or prepile sugarbeet harvest as a management tool.\u00a0 Early harvest ensures that the sugarbeet crop can be harvested so that the whole crop can be processed during the factories campaign.\u00a0 The middle of August through September is when early harvest occurs on a limited basis with enough beets harvested to operate factories.<\/p>\n

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During the summer months, sugarbeet cooperatives have their agricultural staff take crop estimates to determine how the crop is growing and how large the crop is going to be for the growing season.\u00a0 Then management assesses the data to decide when to start with the prepile harvest.\u00a0 Some beet cooperatives begin in the middle of August while others wait until September to begin harvesting.\u00a0 Each management team makes the decision based on what is best for their cooperative.<\/p>\n

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Regular harvest starts in October with cooperatives determining when to change from prepile storage too long term storage.\u00a0 Regular harvest is managed using sugarbeet temperatures to allow for long-term storage.\u00a0 Beets that are too warm or frozen will not store long term.\u00a0 Cooperatives manage harvest to ensure that the beets will able to last throughout the storage season.<\/p>\n