Any Sugar Beet Harvest workers here?

[LivingOurPeace]

It's only been 13 days since your last post, so maybe you're still working or recovering.
Would love to read an update when you get the time/energy!
Everything I've read on the beet harvest says most of us would need recovery time lol.

(This post was last modified: 10-18-2019, 07:55 PM by LivingOurPeace.)

[Tam O'Bedlam]

It's only been 13 days since your last post, so maybe you're still working or recovering.
Would love to read an update when you get the time/energy! 
Everything I've read on the beet harvest says most of us would need recovery time lol.

I don't know about the OP but I am also in MN working the harvest...kinda. Arrived Sept 22, did not work at all until Oct 19. As of today have worked 3 days, none of them more than 6 hour shifts. The rain/flooding this year in this area is the worst in 30+ years and has made getting equipment into the fields impossible. The harvest will go well into Nov, and even at that most farmers will be lucky to harvest 50% of what they planted. Even what they harvest will be mostly frozen in the next week which makes it worth less $$$. A tough break all around for the farmers and the harvest workers. I have to leave Nov 1 to go on to my next job in KY, so I will have spent 5 weeks here and only worked 7-10 days, so a bust money wise.

For those wondering about the actual work, it's not actually very strenuous, you just need to be able to stand on concrete for a 12 hour shift (normally) in cold temperatures. Lots of RVers doing it in there 60's on up. I am one of only 2 van lifers in my particular area doing this.

[crofter]

Do you know of any other harvests that look for workcampers, pay well & will accept people with zero experience?

I picked cucumbers and apples in the PNW, but was bested by other workers who have the whole family helping. Hard to make it when you are one set of hands and your competition is multiple sets of hands. The apple orchard did offer winter work so that is something. Money wise, was really not a money maker due to mechanical problems with the van (I had an old VW van, rebuilt the engine using the idiots guide). Other farm job that was quite lucrative was milking cows, hourly wage plus bonus, and a free workout every day. And if you are reliable and the cows like you, you can get camping at the farm included. Course if you camp there, then you get "the knock" when someone does not show up for work.      ~crofter