If the bottoms had been planted early, they'd have drowned, but we've had so much snow this year in the area (all time record for the winter), not much is in up hill either.
They'll probably end up getting replanted next year. The sugarbeet crops around Sidney are usually in the ground after the last thaw. Even the Canadians across the border in Saskatchewan along the Souris River have decided to skip planting this year and worry about it next year.