Tereos says 2018 sugar beet crop below 5-year average
French sugar cooperative group Tereos said crop samples put this year’s sugar beet yield at 61.8 tonnes per hectare, below the five-year average.
It is reported by Reuters.
Crop samples also showed that the 2018 crop had a sugar content higher than the five-year average, Tereos said in a statement without giving more details.
Tereos delayed the start of the campaign by one week to give sugar beet more time to develop after hot and dry conditions this summer, it said.