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As of March 31, sugar beet sowing began in six regions of Ukraine. It is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Farmers of Vinnytsia, Volyn, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsk and Cherkasy regions began sugar beet sowing campaign. Vinnytsia...

The European Union sugar beet area for the 2023/24 season is expected to be 3% below the five-year average after a court ruling on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, the European Commission said in a short-term outlook issued on Thursday. It is reported by Nasdaq. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in January that member states cannot offer exemptions to the bloc's ban on crop seeds treated with neonicotinoids, whi...

American sugar users have quickly increased the amount of beet sugar they have bought for delivery in the new season whose planting starts in April despite high prices, looking to guarantee supplies amid a global supply tightness. It is reported by Nasdaq. According to a report by food information supplier Sosland Publishing Co released on Wednesday, beet sugar sales advanced to between 75% and 80% of prospective 2023/24 U.S...

The country’s sugar industry is struggling to recover and plans to resuscitate the sector have yet to yield results. It is reported by sabcnews. In 2021, government announced a sugar Master plan. Annual sugar production in the last 20 years has declined nearly 25% from 2.75 million to 2.1 million tons per...

West Valley Sugar Company’s 2.8-billion-Kenyan-shilling ($21.27 million) sugar factory in Kericho County will start trial runs in August. The trial will continue for two months before the official commissioning in October, Business Daily reported, citing West Valley Sugar Company managing director Bernard Soi. The initial installed c...

Brazilian sugar group UNICA estimated on Friday that mills in the country’s centre-south region will crush around 5 million tonnes of sugarcane in the second half of March, nearly five times more than in the same period in 2022. It is reported by Business Recorder. UNICA’s projection confirms market speculation of an early start to the Brazilian sugar season after favourable weather in the between-crops’ period...

India's top sugar-producing state, Maharashtra, could churn out nearly 16% less sugar than the previously estimated as mills are closing early due to limited availability of sugar cane. It is reported by Reuters. Lower sugar output could prevent the world's second-biggest exporter from allowing additional exports, potentially supporting global prices SBc1, LSUc1 and allowing r...

Specialists of «Astarta» agri-industrial holding have already started work in the field, they are closing soil moisture and harrowing winter crops. Roman Pavlyk, the chief agronomist of the agronomic service of «Astarta-Kyiv» told about it in Facebook. He notes that this season the situation is unusual: spring has come very ea...

The sugar beet sowing campaign began in 5 regions of Ukraine. It is reported by press-service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beet sowing began in Vinnytsia, Volyn, Rivne, Khmelnytsk and Cherkasy regoins.

The Ukrainian irrigation equipment manufacturer Variant Irrigation is completing the installation of 5 irrigation machines on the fields of «Poltavazernoproduct» enterprise, which is a part of «Astarta-Kyiv» agricultural holding. It is reported on Facebook-page of Variant Irrigation. In this way, the company plans to expand the irrigated areas almost twice. «We were looking for a domestic quality product to im...