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The European Union's crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its forecast for this year's EU sugar beet yield. It is reported by Reuters. The MARS service increased its EU sugar beet yield outlook to 74.7 t/ha, from 73.4 t/ha projected last month.

Brazilian ethanol producer Raizen is more worried about an ongoing drought's potential hit to the 2025/26 sugarcane harvest than to the current season's crop, its chief executive said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. Brazil has been facing prolonged dry weather in many regions, affecting crops like sugarcane. In recent months, fires raging across the country have further worried farme...

Thailand's sugar production dropped by 20.37% in the 2023/24 production year to 8.8 million tonnes, Virit Viseshsinth, head of the Office of Sugar and Cane Board, told on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. Thailand is expected to produce 10.39 million tonnes of sugar for the next year, an increase of 18%, Virit said. The world's second-largest sugar exporter consumes...

 This year he’s looking to bring in more than usual to the Western Sugar Cooperative’s processing facility in Lovell, where he also serves on the board of directors. It is reported by wyoming public media. «The crop was put in a timely manner in the spring and we had the nice rains and the right kind of weather. There's just not a lot of thi...

Sugar production in Brazil's center-south totaled 3.26 million tonnes in the second half of August, down 6% year-on-year, as mills allocated less sugarcane to sugar production than expected, industrygroup UNICA said on Thursday. It is reported by xm.com. Sugarcane crushing fell 3.25% in the period to 45.07 million tonnes (see tables below). Sugar output was in line with market expectations, while crushing came in slig...

The prices of benchmark raw sugar in New York are likely to stay firm and could gain ground, based on a global lack of the sweetener, according to a note published by Bank of America Global Research on Monday, reported Reuters. As per media report, analysts at the bank said the sugarcane crushing in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer and exporter, is falling short of expectations because of dry weather conditio...

The government of India on Tuesday notified exports of 8,606 tonnes of raw cane sugar under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) scheme to the US for the October 2024 - September 2025 period. It is reported by Business Standard. Shipments under the TRQ enjoy relatively lesser customs duties. After the quota is reached, a higher tariff applies to additional imports. «The quantit...

Thailand’s domestic sugar supply is sufficient to meet demand in the industrial and household sectors this year, with total consumption at 1.27 million tonnes in the first half, according to the country’s Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB). It is reported by theinvestor.vn. Virit Viseshindh, secretary-general of the OCSB said that sugar cane output is declining in Thailand and other countries because of drought, but officials are...

Germany's refined sugar production from beets in the new 2024/25 season is forecast to rise to about 4.77 million tonnes, up about 13% from last season's 4.22 million tonnes, the WVZ sugar association said on Monday in its first harvest forecast. It is reported by Reuters. The country's farmers increased plantings to 385,000 hectares of sugar beet for the new crop, up 5.7% from last season, the association said. Farmers elsewhere in...

Heavy rainfall has spoiled Indian sugar mills' plans for an early start to cane crushing so raw sugar exports could get underway before supplies start coming on the market from rival exporter Thailand, a senior industry official and dealers said. It is reported by yahoo.news. The delay in cane crushing in the world's biggest sugar producer and the second biggest exporter could push back shipments of raw sugar from India and may sup...