Sugar Beet Nation -- The Bakken, North Dakota, USA -- October 18, 2011

I was out all today with a friend who was driving truck, hauling sugar beets, near Fairview, North Dakota.

The weather was beautiful. It was an incredible day.

Our truck, not one of the largest, would carry 20 tons of sugar beets per load.  When trying to stop, E=MC2 came to mind.

[October 29, 2011: I heard today that some farmers were getting as much as 26 tons/acre, which would be considered a bumper crop.]

I was told that 9 million tons of sugar beets were harvested in this area last year (as measured at the collection facility in Fairview, ND/MT). (See first comment below.)