Piling the Beets
Beets are brought from the various farms to our receiving locations where the beets are weighed, sampled, unloaded, and placed into storage. In order to insure that the beets retain their sugar content, beets are piled below 55 degrees in order to keep the piles cool, and prevent sugar loss in the beets. Piles can be as large as 20 feet tall by 180 feet wide by several hundred feet long.
Beets are later trucked from the piles to the factories for processing.