A farmer looks at a sun-scorched sugar beets, withered and damaged with pests in his field in Maison-Rouge, east of Paris, on September 22, 2026. Cyrille Milard, who took over his parents' farm several decades ago, stands in front of an earthy field where the sugar beets are rotting in the ground before they dry out. The harvest season for this large-scale crop runs from September to Decemberdistinct from its cousin, the red beet, which is grown as a vegetable in market gardening. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / AFP via Getty Images)