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Proper drying and storage of sugar, as well as the production process, are very important stages. After all, the quality of products and compliance with standards depends on compliance with all requirements. Therefore, a number of upgrades of the entire sugar drying shop were carried out at «Starokostiantynivtsukor» LLC. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «In 2020, we carried out modernization and reconstruction in the shop: we installed a new scrubber, a dust collector of a drying drum...

Two months of heavy rainfall has left farmers lifting waterlogged sugar beet in Lincolnshire. It is reported by Farmets Weekly. Beet lifted by contractor Richard Ivatt yielded 48 t/ha at 15,5% sugar content, compared with 85 t/ha and more than 17% sugar in an average year at Deeping St Nich...

In October-December 2020, «Astarta», the biggest sugar producer in Ukraine, increased sugar sales by a third compared to the same period in 2019. It is reported by «Interfax-Ukraina». During this period, sales of sugar increased by 33% - to 81.81 thousand tonnes. «Astarta» is a vertically integrated agri-industrial...

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...