The American Sugarbeet Growers Association estimates farmers lost $500 an acre on average in 2025, and this year could be worse. “We’re at a loss before we ever attempt to sell, we’re planting the crop at a loss right now, and we know it.” President Clint Hagen, a farmer from Michigan, tells Brownfield sugar prices […]
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