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S&P Global Commodity Insights has cut its 2023/24 forecast for sugar output in the European Union plus United Kingdom by 570,000 tonnes to 16.8 million, citing the impact of a recent pesticide ban. It is reported by hellenicshippingnews. The outlook still represents growth of 1 million tonnes versus the 2022/23 sugar crop. The European Court of Justice earlier this year banned that gr...

Sugar output in China's top growing region is set to be the lowest in six years, said Australia-based Green Pool Commodities on Thursday, as it revised down its estimate for production in one of the world's top producers. It s reported by zawya.com. Green Pool expects output in southwestern Guangxi region to drop to 5.4 million tonnes in the 2022/2023 season, it said in a report, down 12% on last year, and the...

Despite looming threat of El Nino on sugar production and crushing, the sugar production scene looks bright in the country with as many as 463 sugar mills across states taking to sugarcane crushing this year. It is reported by indiancooperative. Though the US Met Department has warned of the ill-effects of EI Nino on sugar production, the National Federation of Cooperative Sugar Factories has analy...

India will increase its diversion of sugar for ethanol production in the October 2022-September 2023 sugar season to meet its goals for ethanol blending with gasoline, the government said on 6 March. It is reported by argusmedia. India will divert 5mn t of sugar for ethanol production during 2022-23, up from 3.6mn t in 2021-22, the ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribution...

France's largest sugar and ethanol group Tereos told unions it plans to close its sugar activities in its factory in Escaudoeuvres, northern France, local radio France Bleu reported on Wednesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. Tereos had said last year did closing a sugar factory in France as it anticipated further declines in sugar beet production. A spokesperson for the group declined to co...

Improved yields reported by beet sugar producers in the United States led to another increase in the projection for the total sugar production in the country in the 2022/23 crop (Oct-Sept), the USDA said on Wednesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. The U.S. Department of Agriculture increased its estimate for beet sugar production in its monthly supply and demand report WASDE WASDE10 to 5.16 million short tonnes (ST)...

Sugar beet growers will be able to plant seed this spring coated with Cruiser SB (thiamethoxam) neonicotinoid seed treatment, providing essential protection for crops from virus yellows spread by aphids. It is reported by fwi.co.uk. At the end of January, Defra granted a derogation to use the controversial seed treatment, which had originally been banned by the EU in 2018, subject to strict co...

Sugar beet growers are being offered a one-off contract to deliver beet to British Sugar’s Bury St Edmunds factory in early September, with a guaranteed return of £3,000/ha. It is reported by fwi.co.uk. The new contract is designed to help the processor overcome the “unique challenges” experienced in 2022, when drought conditions led to a delayed harve...

If domestic sugar production touches 33.6 million tonnes, then India may have the leeway to export an extra 1 million tonnes of it this year, official sources said.  It is reported by bizzbuzz.news. According to official sources, sugar stocks in the country are at comfortable levels, even if the production fails to touch 33.6 million tonnes during the curr...