Abundant global supplies and limited trade policies have put the U.S. sugar industry on the brink. Luther Markwart with the American Sugar Alliance tells Brownfield input costs for American farmers have increased 30 percent in the past four years, while sugar prices have only deteriorated, partially because of Brazilian import dumping. “We’re losing hundreds of…… Continue Reading

The U.S. Dairy Export Council says August shipments continued a three-month trend higher. William Loux tells Brownfield demand for cheese is strong globally. “We are in for probably almost certainly a record cheese year again here in 2025,” he says. “We had a record year in 2024, we had a record year in 2022, so…… Continue Reading

Across the Corn Belt, rain has spread as far north as the middle Mississippi and lower Ohio Valleys.  The rain is halting late-season fieldwork but helping to replenish topsoil moisture, which statewide on November 16 was rated at least 55% very short to short in Illinois, Indiana, and Missouri.  Meanwhile, dry weather in the northern…… Continue Reading

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook for below-normal temperatures in most areas from the Rockies to the Appalachians, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in the southern Atlantic region and much of the western U.S.  Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation should occur nationwide, with northern and central sections of the Rockies and High Plains having…… Continue Reading