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Indonesia’s PT Pertamina is set to begin producing bioethanol from sugarcane and cassava. It is reported by biofuels-news. The world's biggest palm oil biodiesel user has been working to introduce bioethanol mandates for petroleum to further cut fuel imports and carbon emissions....

Sugar beet will slightly decline in profitability, but in the next year or two the crop will be more profitable than sunflower. Pavlo Fesyuk, the director of «AgroVista» holding, told about it in an interview for AgroPortal. According to him, last year, sugar beet surprised the company the most: «We receiv...

Brazil's sugar cane crushing for the 2023/24 season is expected to increase to 606.5 million metric tons from 598.50 million metric tons previously estimated, consultancy Datagro said on Thursday, as the cane fields are favored by steady rainfall. It is reported by Nasdaq. "Brazil is still gaining tonnage due to the good volume of rainfall observed until early May," which has favored the conditions of cane fields to be harvested at...

India's cabinet on Wednesday approved an increase in the floor price that sugar mills must pay for cane in the season beginning October 1 to 315 Indian rupees ($3.84) per 100 kg, from 305 rupees a year earlier, the country's information minister said. It is reported by sg.news.yahoo.com. «By raising the Fair And Remunerative Price to 315 rupees, the government has ensured that farmers get good returns for their produce», —...

In Khmelnytsk region, «Svyatets» enterprise has been growing sugar beets for a long time. When «Astarta» modernized sugar factories and established partnership with farmers, sugar beet became an unchanging culture. This year, 300 hectares of beets were sown here. Vasyl Mostiy, the head of «Svyatets» LLC, told AgroPortal about it. «Last year and the year before, sugar beet was a profitable crop, but weather conditions and financial sit...

Brazil's center-south sugar production came in roughly in line with market estimates in the first half of June, data from industry group Unica showed on Tuesday, decelerating from the previous fortnight as rains thatdrove a jump in yields now hamper crush operations. It is reported by Nasdaq. Sugar production in the period totaled 2.55 million metric tons, Unica said in a report, up 18.7% from a year earlier and meeting analyst consensus in a survey&n...

Mexican sugar production fell 15% in the current season, which is ending early due to a drought that has sapped crops and impacted yields, producers said Friday, citing official data. It is reported by Nasdaq. Mexico, which exports sugar to the United States, produced 5.22 million tonnes in the 2022/23 season, falling short of the most recent estimate of some 5.43 million tonnes...

Research into alternatives to neonicotinoid pesticides, found to be toxic to bees, is unlikely to deliver a solution capable of fully protecting sugar beet crops for five years, a leading French scientist said. It is reported by Nasdaq. After the beet yellows virus carried by aphids reduced the French harvest by 30% in 2020, and farmers and sugar makers lobbied the government, France suspended a European...

Brazil's Centre-South sugar production in the first half of June is likely to have been capped by rains, according to estimates by analysts, who expect output below that of the previous fortnight. It is reported by Nasdaq. Brazil's sugar and ethanol industry group Unica is expected to release official data on production for that period in the coming days. A survey by S&P Global Co...

«Astarta» signed a fuel contract with «Ukrnafta» according to which the latter will supply petroleum products to the Company in 2023. It is reported by press-center of the company. «During the full-scale war a guaranteed energy supply is the key condition for growing agricultural production and securing food for Ukrainians....