PHOTOS FIELD FROM THE

Every season is interesting in a sugarbeet field.

If you have a sugarbeet photo you want to share, send it to jschlecht@agweek.com , with the subject line “Photos from the Field.” Make sure to include a brief description, including the names of anyone in the photo, where it was taken, what was happening, and the name of the photographer.

1: Ryan Konecny sent this photo of his son, Colton, in the field. The Konecny family lives in Wallaceburg Ontario, Canada, and grows sugarbeets for Michigan Sugar. Contributed / Ryan Konecny

2: Tom Kennelly of Kennelly Farms in St. Thomas, North Dakota, capture this photo of a bald eagle hanging out while digging beets in 2021. Contributed / Tom Kennelly

3: Jody Steffel, a GIS and statistical analyst for Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative, took this photo of John Fischer’s harvesting operation in the crop year of 2016 near Hector, Minnesota. Contributed / Jody Steffel

CONTINUED FROM PAGE 7 technology program and its teacher Riley Hagler as the recipient of the $1,000 first-place award.

Savage Public School, which is located in a town of less than 300 people, reintroduced industrial technology courses, including woodworking, this school year after a 10year absence, according to a news release from ACH Seeds.

“This generous program will allow us to update and diversify our tool options that will closely align with today’s industry. This is an exciting time for our program,” Hagler said in the ACH Seeds news release.

The second-place winner of the ACH Seeds trivia contest requested that the $750 award be given to the American Heart Association and the third winner requested that the award of $500 be given to Riverside Christian School in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.