date:Nov 12, 2018
9.02 million short tons (8.18 million tonnes) in 2018/19, down from 9.29 million tons a year earlier, as a drop in beet output offset higher cane production.
Beet output in 2018/19 is expected to decline to 4.97 million tons, down from last months forecast of 5.24 million tons. Such production levels would make for the smallest beet crop since the 2014/15 season, USDA data shows.
The outlook for sugarcane production, however, was revised up to 4.041 million tons from 4.026 million tons. This i