Fall harvest

Harvest winding down for most major fall row crops. What are the numbers for the start of November? Here’s chief USDA meteorologist Brad Rippey, who says for the latest USDA crop progress report… We have almost reached the three quarters mark for the corn harvest, 74% on November 1st. That is only three points behind the five year average of 77%. We see 86% of the sugar beets harvested by November 1st, right on par with the national five year average of 86%. Sugar beets North Dakota becoming the first state to complete sugar beet harvest in 2026. That 100% in North Dakota compares to the five year average of 93%. So producers there. Wrapping up a few days early. In Minnesota, 91% harvested a little behind the five year average of 98% there. And again, with cold, damp weather moving in, that could delay the final stages of sugar beet harvest in Minnesota. Speaker 1: Rockland, Idaho farmer Corey Kress said sugar beets reported low yields and production this year. Sugar beet fields in the state averaged 40.6 tons per acre this year, down from 45.1 tons an acre last year. The primary reason sugar production is down this year is that Amalgamated Sugar Company intentionally reduced sugar beet acreage following an exceptionally large 2025 crop. Amalgamated sugar said that the goal was to better align production with market demand and existing inventories.