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Agrarians of Rivne region will focus on sugar beets

In 2023, as last year, farmers of Rivne region will sow more spring wheat, sugar beets, buckwheat, soybeans and sunflowers. It is reported by the director of Department of Agri-Industrial Development of Rivne regional military administration, Nadiya Perekhodko, AgroPortal reported. «I think that some small en...


Vinnytsia region produced more than 330,000 tonnes of sugar

More than 330,000 tonnes of sugar have already been produced in Vinnytsia region. It is reported by «Golos Ukrainy». Two sugar refineries have already completed their work — Yuzefo-Mykolaivskyi and Tomashpil refineries. Three more — Gaisyn, Kryzhopil...

 
Louisiana sugarcane farmers harvested most of crop before hard freeze

In Louisiana, the weather is always challenging for agricultural producers and this year was no different. It is reported by wafb.com. The beginning of October marks the start of the harvest season for sugarcane farmers. Coming off of days of back-to-back freezing temperatures, there were concerns...

 
Lula's fuel tax U-turn likely to hit sugar, ethanol industry

Brazilian sugar and ethanol companies are likely to be negatively impacted after Brazil's new President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva surprised markets with a decree that keeps fuels exempt from federal taxes, analysts said on Tuesday. It is reported by Reuters. The sugar and ethanol industry, as well as international sugar traders, were widely expecting the resumption of federal taxes on gasoline and ethanol as the new administr...


Zhytomyr region harvested 243,000 tonnes of sugar beets

243,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Zhytomyr region. It is reported by Department of Agri-Industrial Development and Economic Policy of Zhytomyr regional military administration. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 5.4 thousand hect...

 
Indonesia to import more than 4 million tonnes of sugar

Indonesia plans to import more than 4 million tonnes of sugar. It is reported by Nasdaq. Indonesia plans to import 3,6 million tonnes of raw sugar for industrial use and about 991,000 tonnes of white sugar for consumers, its trade minister said on Monday. Z...

 
Brazil to remain a large sugar producer amid fuel price uncertainties

Brazilian sugarcane producers are expected to keep favoring sugar production over ethanol in the 2023-24 Center-South crop that is expected to start in mid-March 2023, 15 days earlier than usual as wet weather in 2022 kept producers from crushing all the sugarcane available. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. In contrast to the severe dry weather that lowered sugarcane crushing in the 2021-22 CS crop that ended in April, the high volumes of rains in the main prod...


Cherkasy region harvested half a million tonnes of sugar beets

Agrarians of Cherkasy region harvested half a million tonnes of sugar beets. Oleksandr Turchenyak, the deputy head of regional military administration, informed about it, dzvin.media reported. «Our farmers hold the agrarian front, — noted Oleksandr Turcheny...


Chernihiv region harvested 90,000 tonnes of sugar beets

Approximately 90,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Chernihiv region. This year, they were sown by only one company on an area of more than 1,500 hectares. According to preliminary data, the yield amounts to 58 t/ha. Ivan Antophiichuk, the chief specialist of the agri-industrial department of Chernihiv regional state administration, reported about it  in a comment for Suspilno, ukragroconsult reported....

 
India's sugarcane-based ethanol plan has a big problem — water

While India is making a push for ethanol-blended petrol, by incentivizing sugarcane-derived ethanol, concerns remain about the water-guzzling nature of the sugarcane and fair remuneration for farmers. Itis reported by finance.yahoo. On Nov. 2, the center, as part of its ethanol blending programme (EBP), approved a higher price for ethanol that is derived from different sugarcane-b...

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