I stopped growing beet in 2013, I occasionally look into these threads to remind myself why I stopped.
There is life after stopping growing beet for farmers, there isn’t life for BS after enough farmers stop growing beet. Their negotiators ignore this to get the beet price a low as possible and it’s worked for BS for decades. But I think they are going to soon be hurting themselves by screwing farmers too hard for too long. Beet is massively more risky to grow now than when I stopped.
If BS come out with a reduced offer with the world sugar market so high I think it would be nothing but an insult. I think they are getting to the point where they have pushed too many farmers beyond the point of caring.
There is life after stopping growing beet for farmers, there isn’t life for BS after enough farmers stop growing beet. Their negotiators ignore this to get the beet price a low as possible and it’s worked for BS for decades. But I think they are going to soon be hurting themselves by screwing farmers too hard for too long. Beet is massively more risky to grow now than when I stopped.
If BS come out with a reduced offer with the world sugar market so high I think it would be nothing but an insult. I think they are getting to the point where they have pushed too many farmers beyond the point of caring.