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Published November 02 2009

Photo gallery: Beet goes on

Images of Ada, Minn., farmer John Brainard and his crew harvesting beets.


The sugar beet harvest is in full swing on the farmlands near Ada. David Samson / The Forum

  • The sugar beet harvest is in full swing on the farmlands near Ada. David Samson / The Forum
  • John Brainard keeps in contact with his crew while driving his tractor during the sugar beet harvest in one of his fields near Ada. David Samson / The Forum
  • Sugar beets are topped off before they are lifted from the soil. David Samson / The Forum
  • A Black Bell Farms truck dumps a full load at the Scandia beet piler along Minnesota County Road 18. David Samson / The Forum
  • John Brainard pulls one of his loaded sugar beet trucks in the slick fields on his property near Ada, Minn. David Samson / The Forum
  • Sugar beets are lifted and loaded onto the Black Bell Farms truck during harvest this week near Ada. David Samson / The Forum
  • Tractors, trucks and equipment for the sugar beet harvest are lined up on the John Brainard property near Ada. David Samson / The Forum