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As of May 13, agrarians of Kharkiv region finished sugar beet sowing campaign. It is stated by the director of Agricultural Department of Kharkiv Regional State Administration Sergiy Prokopchenko, «Objektyv» reports. 2021 sowing campaign i...

In Germany, the area under sugar beets increased by 3% compared to last year. It is reported by Nasdaq. Germany's sugar beet sown area for the 2021 harvest has been increased by 3.2% on the year to some 398,000 hectares, Germany’s national statistics office said on...

Cygnet's agronomic service completed sugar beet sowing. It is reported by press service of the company. Cool spring did not allow to take to the field early this year, so the sowing campaign started two weeks later than usual. Despite such con...

The resurgence of COVID-19 cases in India highlights the ongoing concerns about the logistical challenges dampening the demand for sugar of Indian origin. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. India is currently experiencing a second wave of COVID-19 infections, with 403,738 new cases and 4,092 deaths reported on May 9, according to data from...

Agrarians of Sumy region completed sugar beet sowing campaign. It is reported by press service of Department of Agricultural Development of Sumy Regional State Administration. As of May 11, the region completed sowing of sugar beets, the sown ar...

Insecticide Insyst (acetamiprid) has received an emergency authorisation from the government following an application by the NFU and British Sugar. It is reported by farminguk. Sugar beet growers can use one application of Certis’ insecticide InSyst to control peach–potato aphid to prevent virus yellows infection this year....

As of May 6, Ukrainian farmers sowed the area of 223,000 hectares with sugar beets. It is reported by Information and Analytical Portal of agri-industrial complex of Ukraine. 11 out of 18 beet-growing regions of Ukraine have already completed the sugar beet sowing c...

Sugar production in the second half of April in Brazil's key Center-South region is expected to total 1,483 thousand mt, a plunge of 27% year on year. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. If analyst estimates prove to be right, this would be the lowest volume of sugar produced in any H2 April since the CS crop 2017-18, when 1,132 thousand t w...

The global sugar supply crunch is about to get worse amid a food-versus-fuel debate playing out in top exporter Brazil. It is reported by Bloomberg. The South American nation is seeing record prices for ethanol as consumers there take advantage of easing Covid-19 restrictions and travel again, increasing consumption...

With Cuba’s sugar harvest poised to draw to a close as the coronavirus pandemic rages, production stands at little more than two-thirds of planned levels, an industry official said on Monday, indicating the smallest crop in more than a century. It is reported by Reuters. In yet another blow to the ailing Cuban economy, Jose Carlos Santos Ferrer, first vice president of state sugar monopoly AZCUBA, told the state Cuban News Agency that as...