Bad weather cancels sugar beet harvest in southern Alberta

LETHBRIDGE – After a long, cold and wet summer, southern Alberta farmers won't be able to harvest their damaged crops after Canada's largest sugar company said it doesn't have the capacity to process it. Rogers Sugar Inc. announced Thursday, following an analysis in partnership with the Alberta Sugar Beet Growers, that it would not be harvesting any more sugar beets due to "severe snow and frost damage." As a result, only about 60,000 to 70,000 metric tonnes of refined sugar is expected to