Ross Voelker's crew finished harvesting the sugar beets on our farm yesterday afternoon. Here's the last truck being loaded. Notice the seagulls flocking behind the harvester.
At this point the beets have been topped. The harvester's wheels lift the beets from the ground, the beets travel around the large wheel directly behind the left-most tractor tire, and travel along the conveyor and into the truck box.
Sugar beets are known as the mortgage paying crop in Huron County. These beets will be processed into table sugar at the Michigan Sugar plant in Sebewaing.
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Wanda Hayes Eichler
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