It is reported by wyoming public media.

«The crop was put in a timely manner in the spring and we had the nice rains and the right kind of weather. There's just not a lot of things that you can really put your finger on and say it was just this one thing», — he said.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s September crop progress report forecasts sugar beet production in Wyoming will be up 13 percent from last year. In the report, 97 percent of farmers statewide rated their crop as good, with only one percent rating it poor.

«Average sugar content for this time of the year would be like 15.5 to 16 percent. And we're currently running over 17 percent sugars. That means the quality is really, really good», — Rodriguez said.

Rodriguez said too warm of weather or heavy rain could temporarily pause the harvest, which typically wraps up in November. The beets will be stored in piles outside until they’re cleaned and processed at the factory, which Rodriguez says can take until February.