By Graham Scher – R & J Broadcasting | July 23, 2025

Red River Vally, MINN. –The Sugarbeet Growing Season continues to progress in the Red River Valley, and sample pulling is expected to start soon for American Crystal Sugar. R&J Ag Reporter Nick Revier had the opportunity to catch up with Joe Hastings of American Crystal Sugar, who tells us how the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Crop is looking.

While there isn’t a lot of Root Rot being reported, Hastings says there is a significant amount of Cercospora being reported.

American Crystal Sugar will begin pulling samples during “week zero” which begins Monday July 28th. For more agricultural news, go to the Farm News webpage at rjbroadcasting.com.