Ron Sterk

United States

Senior Editor, Markets at Food Business News

Senior Editor, Markets at World Grain

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Articles

Kennedy’s ‘poison’ comment draws Sugar Association response

3 weeks ago | foodsafety.einnews.com | Jeff Gelski |Ron Sterk

WASHINGTON — Expect the US Food and Drug Administration, which is within the US Department of Health and Human Services, to act on other food ingredient categories after announcing in an April 22 news conference that it plans to phase out synthetic food dyes. In the news conference, Robert F.
California sugar beet facility to close

3 weeks ago | foodbusinessnews.net | Ron Sterk

BRAWLEY, CALIF. — The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) said it will be decommissioning of its Brawley, Calif., sugar beet facility that operates under its subsidiary, Spreckels Sugar Co., Inc. It is the last sugar beet processing plant in California.
Last sugar beet facility in California to close

3 weeks ago | bakingbusiness.com | Ron Sterk

BRAWLEY, CALIF. — The Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative (SMBSC) said it will be decommissioning of its Brawley, Calif., sugar beet facility that operates under its subsidiary, Spreckels Sugar Co., Inc. It is the last sugar beet processing plant in California.
USDA forecast higher 2024-25 sugar supply

1 month ago | bakingbusiness.com | Ron Sterk

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture in its April 10 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report forecast a 33% increase from March in 2024-25 high-tier imports, more than offsetting lower cane sugar production and boosting the ending stocks-to-use ratio to 16.2%.
StoneX introduces shell egg contract

1 month ago | foodbusinessnews.net | Ron Sterk

NEW YORK — Amid soaring egg and egg product prices in recent months, StoneX Group Inc. on April 1 launched a new over-the-counter shell egg contract that utilizes a global price reporting agency benchmark aimed at providing egg producers, buyers and food industry participants a tool to help manage price risk and volatility.
USDA sees sugar beet area up 2.5% from 2024

1 month ago | bakingbusiness.com | Ron Sterk

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture in its March 31 Prospective Plantings report said processors indicated their cooperative member-growers intend to plant 1,132,000 acres of sugar beets in 2025, up 27,700 acres, or 2.5%, from 1,104,300 acres planted in 2024. The increase was a surprise to some in the industry who expected planted area may be reduced in 2025 because of strong production and ample sugar supplies from the 2024 crop.
Honey production down 3.6% from 2023

1 month ago | bakingbusiness.com | Ron Sterk

KANSAS CITY — The US Department of Agriculture in its annual Honey report March 14 said US honey production in 2024 was down 3.6% from 2023 despite a 2.6% increase in the number of colonies as yield per colony dropped 6%. Honey production totaled 134,393,000 lbs, down 3.6% from 139,471,000 lbs in 2023. There were 2,597,000 honey producing colonies in 2024, up 2.6% from 2,532,000 colonies in 2023. Honey yield per colony averaged 51.7 lbs in 2024, down 6% from 55.1 lbs in 2023.
Michigan Sugar growers in Canada reduce beet acreage

1 month ago | bakingbusiness.com | Ron Sterk

BAY CITY, MICH. — The Michigan Sugar Co. on March 14 said it had completed a share redemption program through which cooperative grower-owners in Ontario, Can., sold back 3,582 shares (or acres), reducing the cooperative’s sugar beet area in Canada to 7,316 acres, or about 33% of the total 10,898 acres. After the redemption, Michigan Sugar now has 57 shareholders in Ontario’s Dover growing region that is made up of Kent and Lambton counties.
Sugar industry faces a number of challenges

1 month ago | dairyprocessing.com | Ron Sterk

PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. — The food industry, and sugar in particular, is dealing with an ever-changing environment that includes the impact of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs and new government policies along with rising costs, tariffs and other challenges, including Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) efforts and the MAHA Caucus, according to speakers on a Nutrition Policies and Trends panel at the recent International Sweetener Colloquium.
USDA lowers 2024-25 sugar supply forecast slightly

2 months ago | bakingbusiness.com | Ron Sterk

WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture in its March 11 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report lowered from February its forecast for 2024-25 sugar imports, more than offsetting lower deliveries and higher production, resulting in a modest drop in ending stocks. Minor changes were made to Mexico’s 2024-25 forecasts.

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