Nebraska sugarbeet farmer Allan Thorson restored a 1957 International Harvester one-row beet digger similar to what his family used in the 1950s and '60s. He used it on two acres of his 2024 harvest.

A good rain right now would be just fine with Kelly Brester. The land could use the moisture, and it would set up the planting of winter wheat for grain farmers. But once he gets his sugar beet digger ...

With beets piled high at area sugar dumps, Western Sugar Cooperative expects to refine sugar through the first of February. Ending the sugar campaign around Feb. 1 would be an early finish, but ...