Wyoming Governor Requests Disaster Declaration After Snowstorms
The first storm occurred Oct. 8-9, and the second moved through Oct. 13-14.
Sugar Beets
Freeze, Warm Spell, Damaging to Wyoming Beets
Farmer Cody Easum says harvest size and sugar content are both low this year.
Farmers Begin Early Harvest Of Sugar Beets
The regular sugar beet harvest is set to begin Oct. 6.
Wyoming Sugar Co. Seeks Disaster Assistance From Business Council
Wyoming Sugar Co.’s situation did not qualify for emergency financial aid from the U.S. Department of Agriculture;s Farm Service Agency.
Torrington Sugar Plant Closing
Roughly 70 employees will be out of work as more processing is moved to Nebraska and Colorado.
Beet Processing In Final Weeks At Lovell Factory
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — The Western Sugar Cooperative is nearing the end of delivering sugar beets to the Lovell processing factory in northern Wyoming.
Randall Jobman of Western Sugar says hauling the beets to factory has taken longer this season because of the record harvest in 2011...
Record Sugar Beet Harvest In Northern Wyoming
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — A warm fall and late rain helped boost the sugar beet crop in northern Wyoming.
The Western Sugar Cooperative announced this week that its Lovell factory district had a record harvest.
The harvest yielded 28.8 tons of beets per acre...