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Ukraine began 2024 sugar beet sowing campaign. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Poltava region is the leader among sugar beet sowing — 10,2 thousand hectares have already been so...

The Ministry of Agriculture’s management of Egypt’s sugar crops, including cane and beets, plays a significant role in securing the long-term availability of sugar. The recent sugar crisis, in which sugar prices rose at unprecedented rates, drew attention to the cultivation of these two crops. It is reported by ahramonline. A research paper on «Risks of Decline in Sugarcane Cultivation in Upper Egypt» by the Ra Centre for Strategic Studies, a think tank, warned against t...

American sugar producers are seeking to curb imports from Mexico after the US said it would examine whether some shipments from the Latin American nation breached trade deal rules. It is reported by Huron Daily Tribune. The American Sugar Coalition wants the government to lower the amount of sugar Mexico is allowed to send to the US by 44%, according to a March 12 letter sent...

Sugar production till March 15 this season (which started on October 1, 2023) is 28,079 mln tonnes, just about 200,000 tonnes less than during the same period last season. It is reported by The Hindu. According to the Indian Sugar and Bio Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA), the initial production projection of 33,05 mln tonnes for the current sugar year is revis...

«Astarta»’s agricultural subsidiaries started the 2024 planting season. Farmers in Poltava region were the first to begin sugar beet sowing. It is reported by press-service of the company. This year’s projected structure of the crop mix is as follows: sugar beet – 39kha, soybeans – 65kha, winter wheat – 49kha (in...

Since the beginning of March, Ukraine has significantly increased its sugar exports to African countries. In particular, to Cameroon, Libya and Guinea. It was announced by the First Deputy Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine Taras Vysotskyi, press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine reported. «Ukra...

India's net sugar production fell marginally to 28,079 million tonnes till March 15 of the current marketing year that started in October 2023, according to trade data released on Monday. Sugar marketing year runs from October to September. It is reported by The Economic Times. «Sugar production till 15th March 2024 in the current 2023-24 season reached 28,079 million tonnes, against 28,260 million tonnes produced last year...

Egypt plans to produce about 140,000 tonnes of sugar during the ongoing season of local sugar beet supply, aiming to put an end to the long-standing sugar crisis affecting the country. It is reported by egypttoday. The Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade announced on Saturday that it has commenced the reception of sugar beet crops from farmers at the Abu Qurqas sugar facto...

In Ternopil region «Zolota Nyva» PE cultivates more than 1.5 thousand hectares, on which seven to eight agricultural crops are grown: wheat, corn, soybeans, sunflower, winter rapeseed, spring brewing barley and sugar beets. Crop rotation is not shuffled here in favor of one or another crop that "shot" the previous season. As the experience of the farm shows, every year s...