Sugar Shock: Beet Industry's Bitter Year

Sugar Shock: Beet Industry's Bitter Year

Update: 2025-10-08
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The US sugar beet industry is getting crushed! Plummeting demand, driven by weight loss drugs and health concerns, has prices at a 5-year low. Farmers are planting the smallest acreage in decades, and a historic California plant is shutting down. Is this the end of the sugar beet boom, or can the industry find a sweet new strategy?

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Sugar Shock: Beet Industry's Bitter Year

Sugar Shock: Beet Industry's Bitter Year