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2020 brings challenges, record sugar content

WORLAND — This year brought its own set of challenges for the Wyoming Sugar sugar beet harvest, but in the end, all beets were harvested and with what is now considered an industry-record sugar content.

Last year, Wyoming Sugar and other sugar cooperatives and companies fought hard freezes. This year there were different battles to fight. Last week, with harvest nearly complete, growers were faced...