It is reported by kfyrtv.

The local farmer Jeff Bieber, like many other farmers, have been impacted by the historic drought. While he is fortunate enough to have an irrigation system, it also had its share of problems this growing season.

«We had some weather events roll through in early June that tipped over a lot of these pivots and hurt the irrigation schedule for a couple of weeks», — said Bieber.

While it took a lot more water than he’s used to, he’s optimistic in a good harvest.

«We track the sugar price as growers and we know it’s been a good, strong year so we’re hoping for a good return on this year’s crop», — said Bieber.

Bieber and other sugar beet farmers will spend the next month taking beets out of the ground and sending loaded trucks to various receiving stations in the area. There, they are piled and sent to the factory in Sidney. 

«We are sitting around 12,000 tons right now. We’re hoping to get up around 20,000 by the end of the day and then we’ll hang tight, let the factory slice them and wait out this weather», — said Somer Reidle, Agriculturist.

The campaign will continue throughout the winter months, usually ending in February.