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More warm and sunny weather is needed in top sugar beet European Union producers to boost the crop's sugar content, notably in France which suffered from particularly wet conditions this summer, producers said. It is reported by Reuters. The final level of sugar production in the EU, the world's third largest sugar maker, is keenly watched as prices are hovering near four-year highs LSUc1, S...

India's sugar production is likely to decline marginally to 30,5 million tonnes in the next 2021-2022 season as more sugarcane will be diverted for ethanol making. It is reported by The Times of India. Sugar production is estimated to have reached 31 million tonnes in the 2020-2021 season (October-September). India is the world's second biggest sugar p...

Germany's refined sugar production from beets in the new 2021/22 season now starting is forecast to rise to some 4.38 million tonnes from 4.10 million tonnes last season, Germany's sugar industry association WVZ said in its first harvest forecast. It is reported by Reuters. German farmers have planted around 354,000 hectares of sugar beet for the new crop, up from about 350,000 hectares last season, the association said. In the new 2021/2...

Two large sugar refineries in Louisiana, which were shut down before Hurricane Ida hit the state, were still not operational on Tuesday as the companies assessed damages and waited for power lines to be restored. It is reported by Reuters. There were also reports of damage to sugarcane crops in the state, the second largest producer in the country after Florida, but it will take some days for agronomists an...

Rusagro opened the season of sugar beet processing – on the 1-st of September, it launched first two sugar plants in Tambov and Belgorod Regions. During next couple of weeks Company will launch its all other sugar plants. It is reported by press-center of the company. Rusagro’s Sugar Business operates 9 sugar plants, located in Tambov, Belgorod, Orel and Kursk regions. In 2021/2022, maximum sugar beet pro...

The International Sugar Organization (ISO) on Friday forecast a global sugar deficit of 3.8 million tonnes in the 2021/22 season. It is reported by hellenicshippingnews. That is up from an ISO forecast in May for a 2.6 million tonne deficit. The inter-governmental body in a quarterly market outlook saw production risi...

The Michigan Sugar Co. on Aug. 24 said it plans to invest more than $65 million to build a desugarization facility at its sugar beet processing factory in Bay County’s Monitor Township. The facility is expected to produce an additional 80 million lbs (40,000 tons) of refined sugar annually from molasses produced as a byproduct of sugar beet processing. It is reported by foodbusinessnews. The project, which is expected to begin in the fall of 2021 and be completed in 18 to 24 months, will allow the company to process 100% of the molasses it p...