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Which state grows the most sugar beets? 🍬

1Guess
Which states grow the most sugar beets? Tap them most-to-least.

Tapping assigns 1→4 in order

I bet… Hawaii — sunny and sweet, right? 🌺
2Answer
The real order is…
    Minnesota grows about 1.71× as many as #2 Idaho!
    📚 Background Sugar doesn't only come from tropical sugarcane. Sugar beets — a pale root — grow best in cold northern states, and Minnesota leads the pack. Beets are harvested in fall and stored, so the sugar factories keep running through winter. (USDA NASS Quick Stats)
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    I bet… Hawaii — sunny and sweet, right? 🌺
    3Compare
    Sugar beets grown (tons, 2024)
    🇺🇸 United States (national)35,316,000 tons harvested
    Minnesota #1 11,821,000 tons harvested
    Most: Minnesota (11,821,000 tons harvested); least shown here: Montana (785,000 tons harvested).

    Note: measured in tons harvested. Only the top states are shown. Only the top states are shown here — smaller producers (and states USDA doesn't publish) aren't listed.

    Sugar from a chilly root — who knew?
    4Recap
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    🏅 Minnesota is the USA's #1!
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    : 2024
    USDA NASS Quick Stats: SUGARBEETS - PRODUCTION, MEASURED IN TONS, 2024, by state (2026-07-14) — Published estimates only. States with unpublished (suppressed) values are omitted.
    ↳ In Quick Stats, pick SUGARBEETS / PRODUCTION in TONS, year 2024, and compare states.