Sugar beet farmers in Minnesota and North Dakota are gearing up for the fall harvest, and at the same time, plowing under thousands of acres of beets. The federal goverment is paying farmers to destroy part of the crop in hopes of reducing a sugar surplus. It also appears sugar cooperatives will default on government loans, leaving the government with thousands of tons of sugar. Minnesota Public Radios Dan Gunderson reports.
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