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«Astarta» completed the 2022 sugar production season. In total, the сompany’s sugar mills processed 2mt of sugar beets grown in-house and from third-party farmers and produced 282kt of white sugar. It is reported by press-center of the company. The sugar output content corresponded to 14.26% (the average Ukraine’s indicator was 13.98%). Traditionally, 99% of sugar produced by «Ast...

Brazil’s centre-south sugarcane crushing totalled 2.63 million tonnes in the second half of December, industry group Unica said on Wednesday, soaring from the same period last year when processing had already been virtually halted by this time. It is reported by Business Recorder. Sugar output reached 165,000 tonnes in the period, while total ethanol output hit 322.24 million liters, as the current crop nears its end. Only 16 plants ha...

Europe's largest sugar producer, Suedzucker (SZUG.DE), on Thursday posted a rise of 73.5%% in quarterly earnings as higher sugar and biofuel prices counteracted the impact of rising energy and raw materials costs. It is reported by Reuters. Suedzucker said operating profit in the third quarter, to the end of November, of its 2022/23 fiscal year had risen to 220 million euros ($237 million) from 127 million e...

In 2022, Cygnet company changed the structure of sown areas, but this year it plans to return to a five-crops rotation. Cygnet CEO Ihor Shilyuk told for the corporate publication. «With the beginning of the war, we were limited in working capital. Considering the specifics of growing agricultural crops, i...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...