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Although weather conditions of the past few weeks somewhat slowed down the pace of spring field work, the sowing of sugar beets was already completed. It is announced by the head of Vinnytsia RMA Serhiy Borzov. The sugar beets were sown on the area of 60,000 hectares or almost 6,000 hectares more than for the 2023 harvest.

Despite cold weather, Volyn farmers actively continue spring field work. It is noted on the page of Volyn RMA, VolynUA reported. In Volyn region, the area of 9.5 thousand hectares was sown with sugar beets — 79% of the planned.

Brazil's new sugarcane crop will be only slightly smaller than the record previous one, government agency Conab said on Thursday, and sugar production will reach an all time high as higher planting partly offsets falling agricultural yields. It is reported by Reuters. Conab projected Brazil's 2024/25 (April-March) total sugarcane crop at 685.86 million metric tons, 3.8% less than in 2023/24. The fall in total cane volume is smal...

As of April 25, almost 239,000 hectares were planted with sugar beets in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. An area of 238.7 thousand hectares was sown with sugar beets. Agricultural farms of Vinnytsia, Poltava, Khmel...

2024 sowing campaign is in full swing in Rivne region. Farmers are gradually implementing their plans for fields sowing. Oleksandr Koval, the head of Rivne Regional Military Administration, told about it, rivne.media reported. So far, more than 70% of the planned area have been sown with sugar beets.

2024 spring sowing campaign is underway in Ternopil region. This is reported by oblast-te. Sowing of late crops continues in the region. In particular, 81% of the planned area have already been sown with sugar beets.

A significant reduction in Thailand’s sugarcane yield in the 2023-24 crop year has been reported by the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB). This decrease in production is attributed to severe drought conditions and is expected to have an impact on the worldwide sugar supply. It is reported Bangkok Post. Thailand is the second-largest exporter of sugar globally, following Brazil. Therefore, any decrease in its production could cause strain on the global market. A rep...

India has agreed to allow oil marketing companies to procure ethanol by diverting an extra 800,000 tonnes of sugar for biofuel production, a government source said on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Concerns over sugar production due to below normal monsoon rains between June and September had led the world's second-largest sugar producer to cap the amount that c...

Agrarians of Lviv region planted 87% of sugar beets. It is reported by Department of Agri-Industrial Development of Lviv Regional Military Administration. As of April 22 of this year, 87% (13.5 thousand ha) of sugar beets were sown by agric...

Volodymyr Stakhiv, director of the regional department of agri-industrial development, told about this, Suspilne Novyny reported. Farmers sow late crops in Ternopil region. 60% of the planned amount of sugar beet have already been sown. Volodymyr Stakhiv says that the temporary worsening of weather conditions will not pa...