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Brazil's center-south sugarcane crushing fell 13.7% in the first half of August from a year earlier, bringing down sugar and ethanol production on the back of lower raw material availability, industry group Unica said on Wednesday. It is reported by Successful Farming. Crushing in Brazil's main cane belt totaled 38.62 million tonnes in early August, missing market expectations as analysts polled by S&P Global Commodit...

Sugar production in Brazil's key Center-South region is expected to total 2.85 million tonnes in the first half of August, reflecting a 5% year-on-year decline, according to results from an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey of 11 analysts. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. During the survey, the cane crush estimate ranged from 37 to 43.8 million tonnes. The average estimate was for a total cane crush of 41.4 million tonnes, do...

The US Department of Agriculture in its Aug. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report raised from July its forecasts for US sugar supply for both 2021-22 and 2022-23, resulting in higher ending stocks and stocks-to-use ratios for both years. It is reported by foodbusinessnews. The USDA projected 2021-22 (current year) ending stocks at 1,828,000 tonnes, up 46,000 tonnes from its July forecast, boosting the ending stocks-to-use ratio to...

Caligula, the foliar fungicide containing fluopyram and prothioconazole from Bayer Crop Science, has been authorised for use in sugar beet. It is reported by farminguk. The news will be welcomed by growers given that this is the last season for Escolta (cyproconazole + trifloxystrobin) and the increasing need to achieve better control...

The Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE) and the Faiyum Sugar Works Company signed a cooperation protocol to finance sugar beet farmers in Fayoum governorate It s reported by Daily News. The protocol represents a tripartite cooperation between the Bank, the company, and beet farmers within the Bank’s endeavor to expand the financing of contract fa...

Sugar production in Brazil's main center-south (CS) cane belt increased 8.4% in the second half of July compared with the same period a year earlier to 3.3 million tonnes as mills increase efforts to the production of the sweetener. It is rported by Nasdaq. According to a report from industry group Unica released on Wednesday, mills allocated 47.7% of all harvested cane to sugar production, more than the 46.2% seen at this tim...

Sugar production in the key Center-South Brazil region is expected to total 3.25 million mt in the second-half July, reflecting an increase of 6.7% on the year, an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey of 11 analysts showed Aug. 9. It is reported by S&P Gloal Platts. During the survey, the cane crush estimate ranged from 48.0 million mt to 49.5 million mt for H2 July. The average estimate was for a total cane crush of 48....

British oil major BP (BP.L) and U.S. commodities trader Bunge Ltd (BG.N) have put their Brazilian sugar and ethanol joint venture BP Bunge Bioenergia up for sale, newspaper Valor Economico reported on Tuesday. It is reported by Reuters. Abu Dhabi's Mubadala (MUDEV.UL) and Brazilian energy company Raizen SA (RAIZ4.SA) - a joint venture of Shell (SHEL.L) and Cosan SA (CSAN3.SA)...

ASR Group, the world's largest sugar refiner, has agreed to a 10-year deal to buy millions of tonnes of non-genetically modified (GMO-free) raw cane sugar from Brazil's Raizen, according to both companies. It is reported by Nasdaq. This is the world's first large-scale deal for GMO-free raw sugar and it comes as several sugar producers in Brazil are starting planting of genetically modified (GMO)...

France's largest sugar group Tereos said on Thursday it currently expects yields in this year's French sugar beet harvest to top the five-year average despite a lack of rainfall. It is reported by Reuters. France, the European Union's biggest agricultural producer, has endured drought and scorching temperatures this summer, with part of the country experiencing a third...