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In Chernihiv region agrarians harvested 236 thousand tonnes of sugar beet. It is reported by the Department of Agricultural Development of Chernihiv Regional Administration. In general, sugar beet are harvested from an area of more than 6 thousand hectares. This is 9...

Chernihiv region harvested 6 thousand hectares of sugar beet, which is 87% of the plan. It is reported by the department of agro-industrial development of the Chernihiv Regional Administration. Currently, in Chernihiv region farmers harvested 215 thousand tonnes of sugar bee...

On October 27, 2017, «Astarta-Kyiv» agro-industrial holding signed an agreement to purchase «Agro-Ka Poltava» LLC in Poltava region and «Zlagoda Plus» LLC in Zhytomyr region. According to the holding's report, the completion of the transaction is expected by the end of this year. «Astarta» has already made a down payment on an agreement in the amount of UAH...

After two months of hard work, «Ukrainian Farming Company» («Agro-Dilo» Agro-Trade Firm) completed sugar beet harvesting. It is reported on the official Facebook page of the company. Specialists of the company managed to achieve good sugar beet yield — 56 t/ha with sugar content of 16,5%. This year sugar be...

In the second month of the current marketing year, Ukrainian producers exported 42,3 thousand tonnes of sugar, which is 2,5 times more than in September. «In October, producers exported 2,5 times more sugar than the previous month and, according to the Association's forecasts, this figure will continue to grow. The geography of exports d...

«Astarta-Kyiv», Ukraine’s largest agricultural holding, has purchased the Ukrainian agrarian insurance company worth UAH 10,5 million. The holding said in its financial statements over January-September 2017 posted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange: «The acquisition of 100% of the shares of the insurer has been completed this y...

«Gnidava Sugar Refinery» LLC plans to build a biogas refinery. The refinery will generate electricity by burning pulp on cogenerators. Gnidava Sugar Refinery plans to spend EUR15 million on modernization of the facilities within five years. In 2017, in particular...

According to the Department of AID of Ternopil Regional Administration, sugar beet have already been harvested from over 16 thousand ha or 57% of the total area, and almost 900 thousand tonnes of beet have been harvested in the region. This is almost twice as much as last year. It is reported by «Ternograd». The average yield is more than 556 centners/ha, which is almost 150 centners/ha more than in 2016. Agricultural enterprises of Borshchiv, Ternopil and...

In Poltava region "sweet harvest", compared to last year, continues ahead of the schedule. Currently, sugar beet are harvested from 85% of the total area. It was announced by Deputy Director of the Department of AIC of Poltava Regional Administration, Oleg Paliy. Five sugar companies of Poltava region: Yaresky, Lannivskyi, Globyno...

As of October 31, Ukrainian sugar refineries produced 1,003 million tonnes of sugar and processed 7,24 million tonnes of beet. Currently there are 40 sugar refineries with a daily capacity of 172,4 thousand tonnes of sugar beet processing, which is 6% more than last year. «This year sugar content is slightl...