'Very good': Southern Alberta sugar beet growers seeing positive harvest

With the growing season wrapping up for many, southern Alberta's sweetest crop is in full swing. "The crop ended up very good," said Gary Tokariuk, a third-generation sugar beet farmer. "It's good sugar on our farm and it's good tonnes." The Tokariuk family has been growing and harvesting sugar beets for the past 75 years northeast of Lethbridge. This year's results are looking promising, though Tokariuk says the season hasn't been a smooth process. "The spring was cold, and it took a while for