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The management of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has said it is set to reduce the importation of sugar into Nigeria by 40%. It is reported by Punch. The President, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, said in a statement that it was embarking on Phase II of its sugar project, which would cover over 100,000ha to make the sugar...

Sugar producer Nordzucker expects group harvest to be below last year’s level due to the drought across large parts of Europe. It is reported by ESM. The group will commence processing sugar beet on 3 September. Nordzucker is beginning its production of sugar this year at its plant in Schladen, Germany, as part of...

russia's 2022 production of sugar beet is expected to rise by 5% from a year earlier, the Russian Sugar Producers' Union industry lobby said, adding that sugar refineries had started processing this year's crop. russia has doubled sugar output over the past 15 years to end a reliance on imports and is currently self-sufficient. However, the supply of the commodity has been in the spotlight for domestic con...

Brazil's center-south sugarcane crushing fell 13.7% in the first half of August from a year earlier, bringing down sugar and ethanol production on the back of lower raw material availability, industry group Unica said on Wednesday. It is reported by Successful Farming. Crushing in Brazil's main cane belt totaled 38.62 million tonnes in early August, missing market expectations as analysts polled by S&P Global Commodit...

Sugar production in Brazil's key Center-South region is expected to total 2.85 million tonnes in the first half of August, reflecting a 5% year-on-year decline, according to results from an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey of 11 analysts. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. During the survey, the cane crush estimate ranged from 37 to 43.8 million tonnes. The average estimate was for a total cane crush of 41.4 million tonnes, do...

The US Department of Agriculture in its Aug. 12 World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates report raised from July its forecasts for US sugar supply for both 2021-22 and 2022-23, resulting in higher ending stocks and stocks-to-use ratios for both years. It is reported by foodbusinessnews. The USDA projected 2021-22 (current year) ending stocks at 1,828,000 tonnes, up 46,000 tonnes from its July forecast, boosting the ending stocks-to-use ratio to...

Caligula, the foliar fungicide containing fluopyram and prothioconazole from Bayer Crop Science, has been authorised for use in sugar beet. It is reported by farminguk. The news will be welcomed by growers given that this is the last season for Escolta (cyproconazole + trifloxystrobin) and the increasing need to achieve better control...

The Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE) and the Faiyum Sugar Works Company signed a cooperation protocol to finance sugar beet farmers in Fayoum governorate It s reported by Daily News. The protocol represents a tripartite cooperation between the Bank, the company, and beet farmers within the Bank’s endeavor to expand the financing of contract fa...

Sugar production in Brazil's main center-south (CS) cane belt increased 8.4% in the second half of July compared with the same period a year earlier to 3.3 million tonnes as mills increase efforts to the production of the sweetener. It is rported by Nasdaq. According to a report from industry group Unica released on Wednesday, mills allocated 47.7% of all harvested cane to sugar production, more than the 46.2% seen at this tim...

Sugar production in the key Center-South Brazil region is expected to total 3.25 million mt in the second-half July, reflecting an increase of 6.7% on the year, an S&P Global Commodity Insights survey of 11 analysts showed Aug. 9. It is reported by S&P Gloal Platts. During the survey, the cane crush estimate ranged from 48.0 million mt to 49.5 million mt for H2 July. The average estimate was for a total cane crush of 48....