What happens to the sugar beets once they are flailed?

Once sugar beets are flailed, they go through a process called topping, which involves removing the leaves and part of the crown from the beet. Topping helps prepare the beets for harvesting and reduces the amount of leafy material that needs to be processed at the factory. The topped sugar beets are then collected and loaded onto trucks or trailers for transportation to a sugar beet processing facility, where they undergo further processing to extract the sugar.