State board to consider emergency relief for beet growers March 30

WORLAND – Due to heavy rain last fall when sugar beet growers were trying to harvest their crops and the frosty conditions of late December, the Wyoming Sugar Company is requesting an economic emergency declaration and $5,675,650 in loans from the Wyoming Business Council board of directors. A special call-in meeting is to be held at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 30.

"The loans would be for the Wyomi...