American Crystal Sugar Wrapping Up 2026 Harvest
Farmers for American Crystal Sugar wrapped up the 2026 harvest on Saturday, October 24th, according to general agronomist Joe Hastings. Early figures indicate an average crop of 27.3 tons per acre with 17.9% sugar content and 1.2% loss to molasses.
Crews harvest sugarbeets on R&B Growers JV farms near Fisher, Minnesota, on Monday, October 12th, 2026 (Eric Hylden / Grand Forks Herald).
Dry harvest conditions facilitated an efficient harvest despite warmer temperatures that made nighttime digging and piling necessary.
Nationally, farmers in top sugarbeet-producing states were 75% done harvesting by October 25th, on par with the five-year average.
American Crystal Sugar farmers planted 398,000 acres of sugarbeets this year, with 98% harvested and hauled to piling sites by October 19th. The company operates factories in East Grand Forks, Moorhead, Crookston (MN) and Hillsboro and Drayton (ND).