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Russian farmers will increase the sugar beet sowing area by 13б6% year on year — to 1б05 million hectares in 2021, signalling higher supply for the domestic market next year. It is reported by press-service of the agriculture ministry. Russian President Volodymyr Putin criticised officials and market players over rising prices for sugar, bread, flour and sunflower...

«Astarta» finished the 2020 agricultural production season by harvesting sugar beets (almost 1,5 million tonnes). It is reported by press center of the company. Considering the negative weather impact on plants throughout the entire year, namely the prolonged drought in the eastern and central regions of Ukrai...

Virus yellows disease is having an 'unprecedented harmful impact' on Britain’s sugar beet crop this year, the NFU has warned. It is reported by farminguk. There are rising concerns that farmers will not be able to grow the crop in 2021 due to the severity of the disease. Some sugar beet growers have reported yield...

Zhdanivka Sugar Refinery completed the 168-th sugar production season. It is announced in Facebook group «Nasha Astarta». On the night of December 9, the last tonnes of sugar beets of 2020 season were delivered to Zhdanivka Refinery. By...

In 2020, Vinnytsia region plans to produce 309 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by Vinnytsia Regional State Administration. According to Serhiy Borzov, the head of the Regional State Administration, this is one of the best figures in Ukrainian sugar in...

Sugar beet harvesting campaign is almost over, but many farms are still working in the fields. According to the experts, sugar production will amount to 1,2-1,25 million tonnes, which should be enough for domestic consumption.  It is reported by «Golos Ukrainy». In early December the weather conditions were frosty with strong winds, but despite this, farmers continued sugar beet harvesting. In particular, the...

According to a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers, the natural sweetener stevia may lead to a gut microbial imbalance. The findings were just published in Molecules, a leading international peer-reviewed journal of chemistry, news-medical reports. Stevia is a natural low-calorie sweetener that is growing...

EFSA is to assess a number of emergency authorisations granted by Member States for the use of neonicotinoids in sugar beet in 2020. It is reported by press service of EFSA. The request from the European Commission covers 21 emergency authorisations of clothianidin, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and thiacloprid granted by...

The sugar beet harvest is set to see UK sugar production fall nearly 25% this season due to the severe effect on yields from aphid-spread virus yellows disease. It is reported by Farmers Weekly. Sugar beet processor British Sugar said that just over two months into the beet harvesting campaign, white sugar production is forecast at 900,000 tons, some 24.4%...

On December 5, the last tonnes of sugar beet of the 2020/2021 MY were completely removed from the fields of «Khmilnytske» LLC, awaiting processing in the pile field of Zhdanivka Sugar Refinery. It is reported in «Nasha Astarta» Facebook group. Saturday, December 5, marked the beginning of the end of 2020 sugar-refining season. «In a day or two, the production units...