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Ternopil region began 2025 sugar beet sowing campaign

Sugar beet sowing began in Ternopil region on March 27. In particular, the first planned variety is already being sown in the fields of «APS» company near the village of Rosokhuvatets. This is reported by Teren. «First we sow Seza variety, then we will sow Annamira variety, which is already traditional for our company, and Betaseed. This year, 865 hectares ha...


Vinnytsia farmers began sugar beet sowing campaign

Vinnytsia farmers began sugar beet sowing, as of March 28, 5.85 thousand hectares were sown, or 9% of the projected area. This is reported by Ukrinform with the reference to Vinnytsia RMA. «Sugar beet sowing began in some agricultural enterprises in southern and central parts of the region. As of...


Ukraine began sweet sowing campaign

Sugar beet sowing has started in Bukovyna: farmers have already sown 100 hectares. This is reported by Chernivtsy RMA. This crop is grown in agricultural formations and this year they plan to sow the same area as in 2024 — approximately 2 thousand hectares. Cur...


«AGRO-ORMS» LLC prepares fields for sugar beet sowing

After the spring frosts, the team of «AGRO-ORMS» LLC resumed the field campaign. This is reported on the company's Facebook page. «Spring sowing is moving towards the equator: more than 400 hectares of fields have already been sown, about 800 hectares are still ahead,...


Ukraine exported over 403kt of sugar

For the first 6 months of 2024/25 marketing year (from September 2024 to February 2025), Ukraine exported over 403.5 thousand tonnes of sugar. 98.4% of the volume were directed to the global market, 1.6% — to the EU countries. Exports to the EU was resumed in February and amounted to 6,559 tonnes. The main EU countries-importers of Ukrainian sugar were Bulgaria (72% of the exported volume), Greece (12%) and Italy (12%)...


In Kyiv region, wastes from biomethane production are used as fertilizer

The use of fermented raw materials in the process of biogas or biomethane production can replace 80-90% of mineral fertilizers. This was announced by Oleg Ryabov, executive director of LLC «Gorodysche-Pustovarivska Agrarian Company» at «Agroenergy efficiency and agroenergy security» ...


Ukraine increased sugar export volumes by 17%

In the first 5 months of 2024/25 marketing year (September 2024 - January 2025), Ukraine exported over 352 thousand tonnes of sugar, or 17% more than in the same period of 2023/24 marketing year. The entire exported volume was directed to the Global market, while in September 2023 - January 2024 the share of exports to the Global market was only 9.5%. The significant increase in the share o...


Ukrainian sugar producers completed 2024 production season

Ukrainian sugar producers completed 2024 sugar production season. A total of 28 member factories of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine («Ukrsugar») produced 1.72 million tonnes of sugar. In addition, one more sugar factory, which i...


Astarta Сompleted the 25th Sugar Production Season

Astarta completed the 2024 sugar production season, which lasted 133 days and was marked by several records.   It is reported by presscenter of the company. Astarta’s five sugar plants produced 380kt of sugar, the highest output by the business in the last seven years. The Company’s mills proces...


Ukraine set historical sugar export record

2024 became a record year for the domestic sugar industry — Ukrainian sugar producers set a historical record for sugar exports, sending 746.3 thousand tonnes of sugar to foreign markets for $419 million. This is the highest indicator of sugar exports within a calendar year according to statistics, which dates back to 1997, when the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine («...

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