date:Nov 22, 2012
The 2012 sugar-beet harvest in Northern Colorado came close to the record 2010 harvest thanks to scorching heat and genetically modified seed.
Amid a drought, this year's harvest yielded an average 30.77 tons per acre with a sugar content of 16.44 percent in Weld, Larimer and Boulder counties. In 2010, the harvest yielded a slightly higher average of 31 tons per acre, Mike Otto, senior agriculturist for the Western Sugar Cooperative, said.
It'd be real close to the highest that we've had, Ot