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These days, sugar beet harvesting has been started in the fields leased by «AGRO-ORMS» LLC. This is reported on the company's Facebook page. In 2024 season, farmers grew about 1,500 hectares of sweet roots. «The culture, from high-quality seed material, was planted accor...

Germany's refined sugar production from beets in the new 2024/25 season is forecast to rise to about 4.77 million tonnes, up about 13% from last season's 4.22 million tonnes, the WVZ sugar association said on Monday in its first harvest forecast. It is reported by Reuters. The country's farmers increased plantings to 385,000 hectares of sugar beet for the new crop, up 5.7% from last season, the association said. Farmers elsewhere in...

On August 20 the Company started sugar beet harvesting. And on August 24 the 25th sugar production season in Astarta’s history began. In total, five sugar plants will operate during this production season. It is reported by press-center of the company. Revenues grew by 48% y-o-y to EUR128m amid surge in sugar sales volumes. Sugar exports accounted for 58% of the segment’s revenues vs 27% in 1H2...

Heavy rainfall has spoiled Indian sugar mills' plans for an early start to cane crushing so raw sugar exports could get underway before supplies start coming on the market from rival exporter Thailand, a senior industry official and dealers said. It is reported by yahoo.news. The delay in cane crushing in the world's biggest sugar producer and the second biggest exporter could push back shipments of raw sugar from India and may sup...

Fires in Brazil sugarcane fields in recent days have helped drive prices to a five-week peak and added to problems with the crop. It is reported by Reuters. The fires, despite the damage from the blazes being limited, are yet another negative factor for the world's largest sugarcane producer. Experts said that mills wi...

Ukraine started 2024/2025 MY sugar production season. As of August 30, 2024, 3 factories in Vinnytsia, Ternopil, and Lviv regions began sugar beet processing. In general, expectations regarding the mass early start of sugar-refining season did not come t...

«Ukrprominvest-Agro» has already contracted 123 thousand tonnes of sugar for export to the global market, outside the European Union, General Director Roman Ogorodov said at a meeting with farmers as part of the partner program «Sugar beet — the choice of the smart ones», writes Latifundist.com. This practice is also used by other sugar producers, in particular «Astarta» and «Radekhivskyi Sugar», he said. Roman Ogorodov noted that the company expects a reductio...

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...

Brazil's largest sugar group Raizen SA estimated that about 1.8 million tonnes of its sugarcane, including what it sources from suppliers, had been affected by the fires, or about 2% of the total expected for its 2024/25 crop. It is reported by Reuters. In a securities filing, Raizen said it did not expect the fires to lead to material losses to its results as it is prioritizing the crushing of the affected sugarcane to...

As this year’s sugar beet harvest approaches, British Sugar have confirmed the campaign start dates for each of its four factories. It is reported by newarkadvertiser.co.uk. The factory beet intake will open at the Newark factory, on Great North Road, on September 23. Some 100,000 hectares of sugar beet have been grown...