 The sugar beet is a hardy plant grown commercially in Wyoming, like here near Torrington. Today we are going to examine the harvest of this unique crop and its importance to Wyoming agriculture. In Wyoming, beets are planted in the spring and harvested in the autumn. Harvesting is entirely mechanical. The beet harvester chops a leaf and crown from the root, lifts the root and removes excess soil from the root in a single pass over the field. The beet is then conveyed into a truck for delivery to the factory. The conveyor removes more soil. A farmer is typically penalized at the factory for excess soil in his load. The harvest and processing of the beet is referred to as the campaign. Reflecting the organization required to deliver the crop at a steady rate to factories that run 24 hours a day. Beet fields that are a long way from the sugar processing plant may be dropped off at a beetway station. Here, similar to at the plant, trucks filled with beets are weighed and offloaded so that the farmer can spend more time in the field and not on the road. Later, larger trucks and trailers come pick up the beets, taking them to the sugar factory for processing. From beet to sugar, the harvesting of this crop is an important and critical step in Wyoming's ability to provide a commodity to the rest of the world. From the University of Wyoming Extension, I'm Ashleigh Garls, exploring the nature of Wyoming.