Michigan Sugar Expects 3.7M Ton Beet Harvest

The sweetest time of the year for Michigan’s beet farmers begins Monday, the start of this year’s beet harvest for the Michigan Sugar Co., reports the Associated Press. The company is predicting a 3.7M ton beet harvest, the second largest on record.

The company predicts an average yield of 25.5 tons per acre, down from 26 tons per acre last year. About 146,000 acres will be harvested for the sugar producer.

Trucks will deliver beets from nearly 1,100 farms in 25 counties for the company’s plants in Caro, Croswell, Sebawaing and Bay County’s Monitor Township, where it is based. Slicing will begin Tuesday and run through February.

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