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European Union sugar production is forecast to fall by 6.9% in the 2022/23 season to 15.5 million tonnes following a drop in planted area and a severe summer drought in many parts of the trading bloc, the European Commission said in a short-term outlook issued on Wednesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. The drought led to a drop in sugar beet yields of 4% while the planted area also decreased by 4%, the report said. Consumption of sugar rose in 2021/22 by 5.6% to 16.8...

UNICA, the Brazilian sugarcane industry association, has announced that sugarcane processing by mills in the country’s south-central region was up during the first half of September. Ethanol production was also up, but ethanol sales were down slightly. It is reported by ethanolproducer.com. Mills in the south-central region of Brazil processed 39.49 million tons of sugarcane during the first two weeks of September, up 2.51 percent when compa...

French sugar and ethanol group Tereos has decided to close and dismantle its factory in Romania after talks with a local company interested in taking over the plant failed to go through. It is reported by Reuters. Tereos, the world's second largest sugar producer by volume, had said earlier this year it was planning to shut its Ludus factory. The Romanian agriculture mi...

Rivne region continues late crops harvesting campaign. Rivne Regional Military Administration informs about it, Rivne1 reports. Long rains in recent weeks have almost stopped autumn field works. But even in such difficult weather conditions, th...

Regional Gas Company (RGC) and «Gals Agro» signed a memorandum of cooperation with STX Dutch company regarding the sale of the first biomethane in Ukraine to Europe. It is reported by Regional Gas Company (RGK) on its Facebook-page. «Three companies have reached an agreement to facilitate the sale of biomethane through the so-called virtual trade point&nb...

As of the end of September, the first 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 21.3 thousand hectares (12%), 1 million tonnes of sweet root...

As of September 28, almost 139,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Lviv region. It is reported by Agro Times. The local farms began late crops harvesting campaign and have already harvested sugar beets from the area of ​​2.2 thousand hectares (14.6% of the planned), ...

France's largest sugar maker Tereos had to slow output slightly at some factories after TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) said ongoing strikes at its refineries would prevent it from supplying diesel fuel until the end of the week. It is reported by Reuters. Strikes over wage demands have disrupted the French oil giant's products refining and delivery for the third day on Thursday, threatening supplies at a time of deepen...

In the fertile fields of Starokostyantiniv district, the period of sugar beet harvesting continues, which the professionals of «AGRO-ORMS» LLC have nurtured with special care this year. After all, due to the challenges of the war in Ukraine, it is more important than ever to hold the agrarian front. It is reported by the company on its Facebook-page. «Professional equipment works in the fields — beet harvesters of the Nolmer brand, — comments Oleg Frankov, the agron...

As of September 23, 469,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. 469,000 tonnes of sugar beets were harvested with the average yield of 512 centners/ha, the harvested ar...