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A beautiful crop expected to be among the best for local sugar beet growers endured winter's wrath earlier this month. As farmers reel from the early freeze's devastation and harvest beets under a quota, they face severe losses that likely will …
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A beautiful crop expected to be among the best for local sugar beet growers endured winter's wrath earlier this month. As farmers reel from the early freeze's devastation and harvest beets under a quota, they face severe losses that likely will surpass $12 million.This crippling financial setback for local farmers will trickle down, eventually affecting the entire community.Farmers are Powell's backbone, supporting the local economy in countless ways.Homesteaders who first tilled Powell's soil established the town as an agricultural community 100 years ago. Sugar beets have been planted in the Powell Valley since 1915, making the crop a staple of area farms and local livelihoods.A blow to our farmers will be felt by all of us.As one non-farming resident, Dana Brumley, recently commented, “I count this as my loss and my burden to bear, too.”With the support of the governor, commissioners, local legislators and hopefully the federal government, much-needed disaster aid may be on the way for Park and Big Horn county farmers.Still, it's a grim situation that can't be sugarcoated. As farmers endure this hardship, we empathetically express our support as well as appreciation for the hard hours they work and the many ways they contribute to this community.
A beautiful crop expected to be among the best for local sugar beet growers endured winter's wrath earlier this month. As farmers reel from the early freeze's devastation and harvest beets under a quota, they face severe losses that likely will surpass $12 million.
This crippling financial setback for local farmers will trickle down, eventually affecting the entire community.
Farmers are Powell's backbone, supporting the local economy in countless ways.
Homesteaders who first tilled Powell's soil established the town as an agricultural community 100 years ago.
Sugar beets have been planted in the Powell Valley since 1915, making the crop a staple of area farms and local livelihoods.
A blow to our farmers will be felt by all of us.
As one non-farming resident, Dana Brumley, recently commented, “I count this as my loss and my burden to bear, too.”
With the support of the governor, commissioners, local legislators and hopefully the federal government, much-needed disaster aid may be on the way for Park and Big Horn county farmers.
Still, it's a grim situation that can't be sugarcoated.
As farmers endure this hardship, we empathetically express our support as well as appreciation for the hard hours they work and the many ways they contribute to this community.
