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Uganda’s sugar output may climb 17 percent this year to 428,000 metric tonnes with three top producers expected to boost production. It is reported by Bloomberg. The forecast is a revision from an estimate of 388 000 tonnes in January and production of 365 452 tonnes in 2017, the Uganda Sugar Manufacturers’ Association sai...

As of April 12, 2018, farmers of Zhytomyr region sowed 142 hectares of sugar beet. It is reported by the Department of Agrarian Development of the Regional State Administration. The sowing campaign began in 12 districts of the region. As of April 12, early spring grains and...

This year defecation presses will be installed at Gnidava Sugar Refinery, which will eventually produce valuable organic fertilizers for agricultural enterprises. The press-service of the company reports. «This year we will have 45-50 thousand defecation sediments — limestone with 90% of calcium, which is very much needed for liming of...

The Privatization Administration of Turkey conducted separate auctions to corporatize three sugar factories.   It is reported by Anadolu Agency. Turhal, Ilgin, and Erzurum — three factories of the Turkish Sugar Refineries Corporation (Turkseker) — were up for auction.  Kayseri...

This year’s Cuban sugar harvest will be one of the lowest in more than a century at 1,1 million to 1,3 million tonnes of raw sugar, a drop of 30 percent. It is reported by Reuters. Cuba produced 1,8 million tonnes of raw sugar in the last harvest. The milling season runs from late November through April when the weather is normally dry and temper...

«Khavst-Agro» LLC (Pidloztsy village, Rivne region) has already sowed more than 100 hectares of sugar beet. It is reported by the press service of Gnidava Sugar Refinery. «We work in the round-the-clock mode. Before wheat sowing, we add chicken sweeteners — 6 t/ha, molasses bard and...

In India government is unlikely to give any export subsidy to sugar mills even as it has asked mills to give priority to clear sugar arrears to farmers, which has mounted to more than Rs 18,000 crore. It is reported by The Economic Times. «At present there is no proposal by the government to give any export subsidy to sugar mills», — a food ministry official said. «Our co...

Agroindustrial holding «Astarta-Kyiv», the largest sugar producer of Ukraine, shareholders plan to leave undistributed net profit for 2017 financial year in the amount of EUR 61,84 million. It is stated in the draft resolution of the shareholders general meeting published on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. It is reported that the shareholders will consider a number of personnel issues and...

«Agroprodservice» planted 30 hectares of sugar beet from the planned 4,7 thousand hectares. The press-service of the company reports about it. At the moment, with the advent of spring, farmers and specialists of the company are actively continuing to sow spring barley and wheat, peas and...

On April 11, «Poltavazernoprodukt» LLC began sugar beet sowing campaign. The press-service of the company reports. The land has already allowed farmers to seed, beginning with sugar beet and sunflowers sowing in «Bugaivka» and «Troitska» pro...