BY AMANDA HARRISON
Michigan's temperamental weather this year has caused many crops to suffer but one is coming in stronger than ever.
The US Department of Agriculture reports sugar beets are doing so well the yield will be higher than average this year.
Ray Van Driessche is with the Michigan Sugar company.
"They are a very hardy crop. They will send a tap root down very deep when the weather gets dry enough for them to have to do so and that's exactly what happened this summer as it got very very dry these beets simply put on a very long tap root and went down for the moisture. Were they affected by the drought, they definitely were, as any crop would be but not as significantly as other commodities that aren't as deep rooted as your corn, wheat and soybean would have been."
We know, of course, that not all farmers are doing as well, For those who are struggling the USDA is offering help.