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Indian mills produced 1.9 million tonnes of sugar between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, down nearly 54 percent from a year earlier, with many yet to start crushing operations, the Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said on Tuesday. It is reported by Reuters. The country is the world’s biggest sugar producer and lower output could support global prices. By the end of November, 279 sugar mills had started crushing oper...

«Astarta» completed 2019 agricultural production season in late November. The Company harvested 580 thousand tonnes of corn and about 1,5 million tonnes of sugar beet (the deliveries from fields to sugar refineries are still ongoing). It is reported by press center of the company. This autumn weather conditions and integration of IT-solutions into field operations provided more efficient and short harvesting campaign. At th...

On November 28, in Vinnytsia region, the first stage of the biogas complex with the capacity of 3,2 mW was officially opened on the basis of «Yuzepho-Mykolaiv Agroindustrial Company» LLC. «Yuzepho-Mykolaiv Biogas Company» LLC invested EUR11 million in the construction of the biogas complex. The company processes beet pulp, silo, recyclables, organic waste in bioga...

Zhdanivka Sugar Refinery («Tsukoragroprom» LLC) completed 2019/2020 sugar-refining season. It is reported by «Khmilnytske» LLC on its Facebook-page. On November 27, the final sugar was removed from the conveyor and packed into bags. Thus, Zhdanivka Sugar Refine...

«Zakhidnyi Bug» PE completed sugar beet harvesting campaign. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. As not all harvested sugar beets have been taken out yet, there is no definitive data on sugar beet yields. But, on average, the company exp...

The farms of Ternopil region complete sugar beet harvesting.  The press service of Ternopil Regional State Administration reports. Volodymyr Stakhov, the Director of the Department of Agroindustrial Development of Ternopil Regional State Administration, said,...

Weather during harvest season in the U.S. Red River Valley, a fertile sugar beet region in Minnesota and North Dakota, has to farmers felt like a series of plagues. It is reported by Reuters. Rain and snow pelted crops in September and October. That was followed by a blizzard, and then warm temperatures that left fields a boggy mess. Next came a deep freeze, r...

Sugar production in India is set to decline by a record 21,6%, the steepest in over a decade, during the sugar season 2019/2020 as errant monsoon this year is likely to lead to a 12% less acreage this year. It is reported by Business Today. In 2018-19, India produced an all time high 33,16 million tonnes of sugar but for the first time since 2016/2017, the country will produce less sugar than the year...

Mills in Brazil's center-south region increased ethanol production and cut sugar output in the first half of November as the season draws to an early close, industry group Unica said on Tuesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. Plants in the main Brazilian sugar belt produced 786,000 tonnes of the sweetener early in November, 11% less than in the same period a year earlier, while ethano...

Shepetivka Sugar Refinery, part of «A'SPIK GROUP» corporation, completed sugar-refining season after 55 days of work. It is reported by the corporation on its Facebook-page. The company notes that the current marketing year turned out to be quite difficult, because the reduction in beet yield due to the summer dro...