News of Ukraine

Astarta started the 25th sugar production season in its history. On August 24, Ukraine’s Independence Day, the first sugar plant in Vinnytsia region started sugar beet processing. It will be followed by two plants in Poltava region at the end of the week and two others during September. In total, five sugar plants will operate during this production season. It is reported by presscenter of the company. «The season has started successfully. The first plant has been put into operation and is working at full capacity. We will soon begin shipping th...

«Zakhidnyi Bug» began sugar beet harvesting campaign. The sown area this year amounts to 14,365.3 hectares. Dmytro Kyselyov, agronomist-analyst of the company, told about the details in a comment for SuperAgronom.com. According to him, sugar beet harvesting started in Stryi and Brodiv districts...

According to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, sugar beet harvesting campaign began in Ukraine. Vinnytsia farmers started sugar beet harvesting, which have been harvested on the area of ​​200 hectares. «Khmilnytske» LLC, which is part of «Astrata-Kyiv» a...

In 2023-2024 marketing year, «Astarta» supplied 1,26 million tonnes of products to global markets, in particular 140kt of sugar.  It is reported by presscenter of the company. Sugar was supplied to Europe, the Middle East and Africa markets. In total, «Astarta» exported its agricultural products to 46 countries...

This season, «Farmgate Ukraine» LLC uses a new approach in sugar beet cultivation. It is reported by the company on its Facebook page. The seedlings of four highly productive hybrids from BETASEED are already maturing in the fields of «Farmgate Ukraine» LLC. Part of t...

According to the results of May, Ukraine exported 65% of sugar to the EU, 35% to other countries. May record was set for the export of sugar per one month — Ukraine delivered 108,000 tonnes. The acting Chairman of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine «Ukrsugar» Yana Kavushevska told about it at the Grain Ukraine 2024 conference. «On May 30, the gover...

In 1Q24, Astarta became the first Ukrainian company to export sugar by sea during the full-scale war, with North Africa and the Mediterranean region being the main destinations.​ At the same time, it continued to export products to the EU markets via overland routes.  It is reported by press-center of the company. Revenues increased by 19% y-o-y to EUR44m on higher sugar sales volumes​. Exports of sugar and sugar-by products made up a robust 51% of the segm...

The agri-sector is currently working in the fields where the future sugar beet crops have already being grown. Specialists of «AGRO-ORMS» LLC apply herbicide to the crop. This is reported on the company's Facebook page. «Sugar beet has performed well this season. We have expected good seedlings, so now it's up to us to protect the sweet roots from weed...

Astarta’s agricultural subsidiaries have completed the spring planting. It is reported by press-service of the company. The estimated core spring crops’ acreage for 2024 is as follows: sugar beets – 38kha, soybeans – over 70kha, winter wheat – 4...

In 2024, «Astarta» will start selling sugar under its own brand. The CEO of the company, Viktor Ivanchyk, told about this in an interview for Forbes.ua. One of the country's largest agricultural holdings, «Astarta», goes to the final consumer. Th...