News of Ukraine

The average cost of sugar beets growing amounts to USD2,000/ha (without VAT). Acting Chairman of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine «Ukrsugar» Nazar Mykhailovyn told about this in an interview for The Ukrainian Farmer. According...

Astarta, the EBRD and EY have developed a climate corporate governance system for the company. This comprehensive action plan includes improving greenhouse gas emissions calculation for Scope 1-3, analysing climate scenarios, identifying physical and transitional climate risks, and developing a decarbonisation strategy. It is reported by press center of the company. On November 7th, Astarta’s Board of Directors adopted the decarbonisation strategy. The practical component of the strategy includes scaling...

As of November 8th, the company’s sugar plants had processed 1.3mt of sugar beets and produced 171kt of white sugar, vs 146kt as of the same date in 2022. It is reported by press-center of the company. The sugar production segment showed a robust performance in 9M23, with revenues boosted by 32% y-o-y to EUR142m, on combination of 24% y-o-y higher su...

Harvesting campaign continues in Ukraine. Farmers harvested more than 10 million tonnes of sugar beets. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 211.3 thousand hectares, 10,098.7 thousand tonnes of sweet roots...

Since the beginning of crop harvesting, four sugar factories operating in the region have processed almost 1.06 million tonnes of beets. It is announced by the head of Ternopil Regional Military Administration, Volodymyr Trush, reports First Online. «To date, sugar factories have exceeded the planned indicators of work by 113%...

As of November 8, 80% of sugar beets were harvested in Zhytomyr region. In Zhytomyr region, harvesting is at its final stage. The Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reports on the high yield of sugar beet — 450 centners/ha, but its harvesting has n...

The sugar-refining season continues in Poltava region. It is reported in Poltava Regonal Military Administration. This year, 28.7 thousand hectares of sugar beet were sown in the region, 11.5% of the total area of this crop in Ukraine. Currently, 15.8...

Active work on sugar production continues in Vinnytsia region. The sugar refining season started earlier this year. Serhiy Borzov, the head of Vinnytsia Regional Military Administration, announced this. «All five sugar factories are working now. 205,000 tonnes of sugar have already been produced, which is...

Rivne region continues sugar beet harvesting campaign. Almost 700,000 tonnes of crop have already been harvested. Agribusinesses of Rivne region are actively accelerating late crops harvesting. In particular, sugar beets were harvested on 74% of the total area and almost 700,000 tonnes of raw materials were obtai...

As of November 2, Chernihiv region continued sugar beet harvesting. It is reported by «Vysoky Val» with reference to press service of Regional Military Administration. 139.5 thousand tonnes of sugar beets were harvested with the yield of 596.2...