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Every fall, the northwest Minnesota prairie comes alive with trucks hauling sugar beets -- and expensive RVs housing retirees working long hours to bring the beets in. Call it a new type of migrant worker. Retirees who want to make some extra cash to pay for their nomadic lifestyle travel from job to job to supplement their income. After sugar beet harvest, some are headed to fill holiday orders for Amazon.