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The spring field works began in early March with seasonal fertilizing of winter wheat, which is by 40% complete. Spring sowing campaign is due to start in a few weeks’ time and will stick to traditional crop rotation (sugar beet, corn, soybeans, sunflowers and other crops). This year the grown area for sugar beet will remain as the previous year. It is reported by the press-service of the company. This year «Astarta» will continue developing an integrated management system for agricultural production, targeted investme...

Gnidava sugar refinery will continue to produce environmentally friendly sugar. We are talking about the cooperation with «Ritter Bio Agro» LLC, which grows sugar beet without the use of any chemical additives. It is reported by the press-service of the company. Such cooperation began in 2017 and will be continued this year. «They grow ecologically pure sugar beet, which we process. The ente...

In February Ukrainian producers exported 40,9 thousand tonnes of sugar, which is 47% less than previous month. «Foreign market sales weakened due to unfavorable conditions: low prices and global profit. Therefore, export supplies in comparison with January almost twice decreased. The largest shipmen...

Last year «Cygnet» agroholding increased its sugar production by 5,4% — to 33 thousand tonnes. The press-service of the company reports about it. The company made a new record, processing 232,5 thousand tonnes of sugar beet. In 2017, «Cygnet» invested more than USD 2...

The 2-nd International Congress «Sugar World 2018» took place in the capital of Ukraine on March 1, bringing together about 450 sugar beet producers and processors, international experts and representatives of commercial companies. The event was focused on the technological aspects of efficient sugar beet cultivation and high-quality sugar production. «Ukrainian sugar industry has a huge potential, we can compete with global players. At present, 8-9 tonnes of sugar per hectare is the normal real result for Ukraine. But, we need more high-qual...

Sugar industry can generate additional profits. So, in Ukraine, as well as in the world, bioenergy production is gaining in popularity. «In Ukraine about 11% of biomass is used for bioenergy production. As for the sugar beet pulp, it is only 4% of the potential», — commented Oleksandr Nikolayenko, the head of th...

Ukrainian sugar industry is a self-sufficient sector, which only last year paid 3,1 billion UAH of taxes. It was emphasized by Andriy Dykun, the head of «Ukrsugar» during the 2-nd International Congress Sugar World 2018. «Sugar industry provides work for 85 thousand people. Last year, sugar production amounted to 2,1 million tonnes. At the same time, Ukraine became an export "breakthrough" for the worl...

In MY 2017/2018, Ukraine produced 2,14 million tonnes of sugar, which is 6,5% more than last year's 2,01 million tonnes. Growth in production is associated with an increase in beet grown area and the launch of 4 more sugar refineries. «The production season is completed. 46 sugar refineries produced 2,14 m...

According to the results of 2017, «Astarta» produced 43 thousand tonnes of granulated beet pulp, which is 19% more than in 2016. It is reported by the press-service of the company. It became possible thanks to the commissioning of a pulp drying complex at Narkevychy Sugar Refinery. Last year «Astarta»...

This season sugar refineries of Zhytomyr region produced 68,1 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by AgroTimes. Such volume is completely enough for the need of the region in this production, reported in Zhytomyr Regional State Administration. In general,&n...