2026 Harvest Information

HLB District Update – Thursday, October 15th- 5:00PM

Hillsboro Yard: is open.  All night shift employees should report to work tonight 10/15 at 7:45PM.

Reynolds: is open.  All night shift employees should report to work tonight 10/15 at 7:45PM.

Midway: is open.  All night shift employees should report to work tonight 10/15 at 7:45PM.

Ada West: is closing at 8PM.  All night shift employees should not report to work tonight, 10/15.

Ada North: is open.  All night shift employees should report to work tonight 10/15 at 7:45PM.

Waukon: is open.  All night shift employees should report to work tonight 10/15 at 7:45PM.

ACSC and Express Harvest Employees:
Stay Pay Program will be effective as of October 1st for all harvest employees assigned to a shift and station. Stay Pay pays all harvest employees 4 hours pay for any weather event shutdown. Employees must report to work their next scheduled shift to be eligible to receive Stay Pay. Stay Pay hours for Monday-Friday will be paid at regular time (1X) rate. If it occurs on Saturday or Sunday, it will be paid at OT (1.5X) rate.

BEET HARVEST INFORMATION HOTLINE 1-866-452-4278

For site information please use the following codes.

(12) Ada North

(13) Ada West

(14) Hillsboro Yard

(15) Midway

(16) Reynolds

(17) Waukon

Please see below hauler reference material provided by the MN State Patrol.

2025 MN Commercial Truck & Passenger Regulations Book Final-38740448-v1 (pdf)

2025 Sugar Beet Harvest Permit Guide (docx)

weight-limits-pamphlet-2014 (pdf)

It shall be company policy that American Crystal Sugar Company shareholders are allowed delivery ticket transfers and corrections to be made through the 7th day following the date of station closure to which the delivery was made or October 31, whichever occurs first. Delivery ticket transfer refers to any delivery that is transferred from one contract to another. A service fee of $10 per delivery ticket transfer will apply to all transfers that exceed 3% of a grower unit’s total deliveries, and no delivery tickets will be allowed to be transferred more than one time.

Deadlines:
Ada North: Friday, October 31st
Ada West: Friday, October 31st
Hillsboro Yard: Friday, October 31st
Midway: Friday, October 31st
Reynolds: Friday, October 31st
Waukon: Friday, October 31st

Please email ticket transfers and corrections to Heather Brommenschenkel at hbrommen@crystalsugar.com. The transfer must be sent using your delivery record report. You may highlight or bracket the loads to be transferred, indicate which contract you would like them transferred to, and sign/date.