date:Oct 30, 2012
The metal wheels angle 6 inches into the damp earth, each set pulling a long, white sugar beet up and into the maw of the harvester.
One beet, caked with mud, is about the size of a toddler's head.
The recent rains have added an extra challenge to harvesting Washington's remaining sugar beet acres near Paterson, said Ryan Munn, one of the owners of R. Munn Farms.
The rain and mud will make harvest last three weeks, instead of two, he said. Tractors pulled trucks through one of Munn's fields e