Southern Alberta farmers are brushing the final bits of dirt off their hands after they brought in this year's harvest of a unique crop.
"It's just an opportunity for us to showcase our industry. A lot of people have no clue about sugar beets," said ASBG president Gary Tokariuk.
Roughly 200 farms supply the Taber beet factory with 840,000 tonnes of sugar beets annually, which, in turn, produces about 125,000 tonnes of sugar. "There's no other area in Canada that does this. So we just think it's important to connect people back to their food."According to statistics from the province, sugar beet production is directly and indirectly contributing $250 million to Alberta's economy each year.For many farmers, sugar beets are well known as a cash crop.
Hot and dry conditions have hurt its production and, early in this growing season, intense wind and hail ruined much of the crop in southern Alberta."Our farmers were beat down. I've never seen our farmers, they're typically pretty energetic and pretty optimistic. And already in May June, there was a lot of disappointment."For many farmers, this is the most expensive harvest ever.
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