News of Ukraine

Preparations for the 2022 season are underway at Gnidava sugar refinery so that the work starts on time, and agricultural partners do not have to worry about the future harvest. It is reported by Oleksandr Nikishyn, the deputy director of raw materials, press-service of the company reports. «Preparations for the 2022 season started the day after the en...

In the current 2021/2022 financial year (September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022), Ukraine produced 1,450,000 tonnes of sugar, or 130.5% of the production of the previous financial year. Sugar was produced by 33 sugar factories. According to the sugar supply and demand balance calculated by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, the transitional balance at the beginning of the 2021/2022 marketing year is estimat...

In the second quarter of 2022, «Astarta-Kyiv» agri-industrial holding sold 14% more sugar than in the first quarter. It is stated in the company's press release published on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. During the specified period, «Astarta» sold 63.1 thousand tonnes of sugar, while it is noted that...

«Volochysk-Agro» LLC, which is a part of «Astarta-Kyiv» agricultural holding, expects a good sugar beet harvest this year and applies plant protection products to the crop. This is reported on the company's Facebook page. There is enough time before the start of this year's "sweet" season, and, like all crops, sugar beets are paid attention and...

The first physical connection of the plant's capacities to gas distribution networks and the production of biomethane in Ukraine will take place in early 2023. It was announced by Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (UABIO) on its Facebook page. «Gals Agro» is a member of UABIO and one of the largest players in the bioenergy market in U...

«Agrarian front: strategy of the victory» — the meeting of «Ukrprominvest-Agro» team with partners in sugar beet cultivation took place under this leitmotif. It is reported on the company's Facebook-page. More than 70 agricultural producers gathered in Vinnytsia at the invitation of UPI-AGRO to talk about the prospects of growing sugar beet, familia...

The EBRD is boosting food security in wartime Ukraine by backing more than half the risk of a revolving working capital loan for UAH 330 million (€10.5 million equivalent) to Astarta Group, one of the country’s major agricultural and food processing businesses, through an agreement with Raiffeisen Bank  (RB). The share of the risk the EBRD takes on comes to €6.3 million. It is reported by press center of the company. The EBRD’s risk-sharing instruments enhance local financiers’ capacity to provide access to finance for Ukrainian private companies operat...

The Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine granted permission to A'SPIK Group to acquire ED&F Man subsidiary. It is stated in the message of the AMCU, AgroPortal reports. «Agro-Orms» LLC has got a permission to acquire a stake in the authorized capital of «Ukrainian Sugar Company» L...

If before the war experts were skeptical about the prospects of biogas, then in condition of energy shortages, the processing of crop products into alternative energy sources may become a new trend. Thus, the attitude to the prospects of sugar production may change, Agravery reports. Serhiy Shcherban, SOLAGRO Group Elevator Manager, says: «Sugar factories are an underestimated topic. This is a source for biogas. In addition, it is ideal to combine corn processing with i...

Vitaliy Koval, the head of Rivne Regional Military Administration, got acquainted with the activities of «Rozvaz'ke» agricultural enterprise, which has been growing sugar beets for many years. It is reported by «Rivnenski Novyny». Sugar beet is a highly marginal crop, farmers say. Beet yields of 80 t/ha are record high. The enterprise has never harvested less than 60 ton...