North Rhine-Westphalian farmers harvested 4.33 million tons of sugar beets in 2022, marking a slight decrease from the previous year but still within the average of the past six years. The yield per hectare saw a decrease of 6.8%, but was still 2.5% higher than the six-year average. The cultivation area for sugar beets was nearly the same as the previous year, with over two thirds of the harvest done in the administrative districts of Cologne and Düsseldorf. Despite hot and dry summer conditions, favorable growth in October allowed for above-average beet growth and a higher sugar content, mitigating the effects of the summer drought.