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The recent freezing temperatures has increased the risk of frost damage to sugar beet, with a rising number of cases of damage being reported. It is reported by farminguk. Extremely cold weather followed by sudden thaws could cause the deterioration of roots, the British Beet Research Organisation (BBRO) warns in new guidance. The...

As of December 15, 9 million tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 179.4 thousand hectares (100%), 9 million tonnes of sweet roots w...

The year-on-year sugar production of India till December 15 at 8,21 mln tonnes is higher by 5.1% over previous year, said industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA). It is reported by economictimes. The sugar till December 15 in 2022-23 sugar season is 8,21 mln tonnes, against 7,79 mln tonnes produced during the corresponding period of previous y...

As of December 8, 8,9 million tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Sugar beets were harvested from the area of 176,7 thousand hectares (98% of the planned), 8,9&...

In the current sugar production season, «Astarta»’s sugar mills plan to process up to 2mt of sugar beet grown in-house and supplied by third party farmers.  It is reported by prescenter of the company. To-date, sugar plants have already produced 241kt of white sugar from more than 1.7mt of beets. They are yet to receive more 200kt. The processing seaso...

Indonesia's energy ministry plans to start rolling out a 5% ethanol blend of fuel made using sugarcane in three years time, starting with a few provinces of the country, it said in a statement on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Under a new roadmap, which was developed with the Bandung Institute of Technology, the introduction of bioethanol fuel could begin by mixing 5% sugar-based ethanol with P...

Most mills in Brazil's main centre-south sugarcane region are ending cane crushing for the season, leaving millions of tonnes of cane in the fields to be harvested next year, as rains make harvesting operations difficult and inefficient. It is reported by Nasdaq. Analysts and brokers believe the Brazilian sugar season has basically ended despite previous expectation that mills would go on for longer into December to try to crush av...

French sugar group Tereos reported strong first-half results on Tuesday, including a net profit and a sharp rise in earnings, as high sugar and ethanol prices helped offset an increase in production costs. It is reported by Reuters. Tereos, the world's second largest sugar maker by volume, posted a net profit of 133 million euros in the year to Sept. 30, compared with a year-earlier loss of 50 mi...

The government is considering allowing mills to ship out half-a-million of sugar instead of the one million tonnes demanded by the Pakistan Sugar Mill Association (PSMA), industry officials said. It is reported by thenews.com.pk. They said that the government was ready to give permission for exporting 500,000 tonnes of sugar to earn $250 million. At the same time, the government planne...

India's sugar output is likely to fall 7% this year as erratic weather conditions have cut cane yields, which could dampen exports from the world's biggest producer of the sweetener, farmers, millers and traders said. It is reported by Reuters. Lower sugar exports from India, also the world's second biggest exporter, could lift global prices , and allow rivals Brazil and Thailand to increase their shipments....