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«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...

As of April 11, sugar beet sowing started in seven regions of Ukraine, held on 13 thousand hectares, which is 4% of the forecasted 302 thousand hectares. It is reported by the press-service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Ukrainian producers purchased 28,9 thousand tonnes of plant protection products (96% of the needs), inclu...

Tamil Nadu will continue to under perform in sugar output as planting acreages remain stagnant across major cane growing districts. It is reported by BusinessLine. This means the coming 2018-19 sugar season (October-September) will continue to be lacklustre though there could be a small improvement in output. It also means that...

Every year «Signet» is constantly increasing sugar beet processing capacity. In 2018, it is planned to invest about USD 0,7 million in its sugar factory reconstruction and modernization. It is reported in the corporate magazine of the company. The reconstruction works will be aimed at increasing sugar factory productivity to 2,750 tonnes/day, reducing gas consumption up to 28 m3 pe...

France's farm ministry on Tuesday estimated that farmers would sow 483,000 hectares of sugar beet for the 2018 harvest, little changed from 486,000 hectares in 2017. It is reported by Reuters.   In a crop report, the total barley area was pegged at 1,85 million hectares, down from 1,91 million hectares last year. This included 502,000 hectares of spring...

Poor weather has hindered the start of sugar beet sowing in Germany, the European Union's second largest beet producer, but the sowed area is likely to be similar to last year, the head of Germany's sugar industry association WVZ said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. «Sowings of sugar beet has started this year with a significant delay, — said association CEO Guenter Tissen, — In some regions the delay has now r...

Brazil's sugarcane industry on Thursday took aim at policies undertaken by Pakistan and India to protect local producers and boost sugar exports, arguing they could further depress global prices. It is reported by Reuters. Pakistan, whose stature as a sugar producer has been growing in recent years, in January quadrupled the volume of sugar eligible for export subsidies to 2 million tonnes...

In March 47,2 thousand tonnes of sugar were exported, which is 15% more than the previous month. The main deliveries were carried out to the post-Soviet countries and Africa: «In March 50% of all supplies —  23,5 thousand tonnes of sugar — were delivered to Uzb...

Mexico has exported 564 892 t of sugar so far in the 2017-18 marketing year, which ends in September, an 8,3% decrease from 615 789 t exported during the same period in 2016-17. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. The country exported 156 192 t of sugar in March, a 48,7% increase compared with 105 061 t exported during the year-ago report. Exports have reached 32,7% o...