General Production Information

● Oregon farmers grow 1.6 % of the nation’s sugar beets, placing Oregon tenth nationally in sugar beet production. ● Statewide, growers harvest 18,002 acres of sugar beets that produce 413,000 tons of produce valued at $25,435,000. Klamath Basin farmers work 8,000 acres of the state’s total and produce 16–24 tons per acre. ● Sugar beets in south central Oregon, which includes the Klamath Basin, cost $1,076.96 per acre to produce in 1995. Current production costs in the Klamath Basin range from $700–800 per acre (without figuring in the cost of the land). ● Klamath Basin growers rail ship sugar beets to the Spreckels Sugar Company processing facilit