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In 2020, farmers of Vinnytsia region harvested almost 2 million tonnes of sugar beets. According to Department of Agro-Industrial Development, Ecology and Natural Resources of Vinnytsia Regional State Administration, all categories of farms in 2020 harvested sugar beets in the amou...

India is likely to produce 30,2 million tonnes of sugar in 2020/21, nearly 2,6% lower than previously forecast, after cane field yields and the rate of sugar extracted fell in key states, a leading trade body said on Thursday. It is reported by Reuters. Uttar Pradesh, India’s top sugar producer, is expected to churn out 10,5 million tonnes in the 2020/21 marketing year, which started on Oct. 1, down from a previous...

Thailand’s manufacturing output in December dropped a bigger- than-expected 2.44% from a year earlier as a fresh wave of COVID-19 infections hit business activity, the industry ministry said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. However, the manufacturing production index (MPI) should turn positive in January as the government has quickly taken action to contain the new spread and exports are exp...

According to the results of 2020/2021 sugar-refining season, «Ukrprominvest-Agro» refineries produced more than 171 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by press-service of the company. «Ukrprominvest-Agro» sugar refineries summarized the results of sugar beet processing season, which lasted 90 days. Despite the extr...

The Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has projected sugar output to rise 13% to 31 million tonnes in the 2020-21 marketing year on likely higher availability of sugarcane, as against 27,42 million tonnes last year. It is reported by The Hindu. The country’s sugar output rose by 31% to 14,27 million tonnes in the first three-and-a-half months of the 2020-21 marketing year that started in October, in...

In Vinnytsia region, sugar refineries completed 2020/2021 production season. It is reported by 20minut.ua with reference to the regional department of agro-industrial development. 264 thousand tonnes of sugar were prouced from beets grown in 2020. In 2019, 331 thousand...

The UK government is facing backlash after it approved the emergency use of a pesticide thought to kill bees. It is reported by EcoWatch. In 2018, the EU widened a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides because of their impact on bees and other pollinators. At the time, the UK government...

India plans to achieve 20% ethanol-blending with gasoline by 2025, five years ahead of its previous target, to help reduce its dependence on costly oil imports, the government said on Thursday. It is reported by Reuters. Last year the government had set a target of reaching 10% ethanol-blending by 2022 - meaning 10% of ethanol mixed with 90% of gasoline - and 20% by 2030. India is the...

Forecast higher US beet and cane sugar production more than offset lower imports in 2020-21, raising forecast ending stocks by 111,093 short tons, raw value, and boosting the ending stocks-to-use ratio to 14.4% from 13.5% in December, the US Department of Agriculture said in its Jan. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report. It is reported by Bakingbusiness. Total domestic sugar production in 2020-21 was forecast at 9,156,000 tons, up 195,632 tons from the December forecast and up 1,007,000 tons from 2019-20. Beet suga...

Egypt expects to produce 1 million tonnes of white sugar during 2021 season. It is reported by Egypt Today. Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Ali al-Moselhy, met with the heads of sugar production companies, where they reviewed the areas planted with sugar crops and th...