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British Sugar is investigating gene-edited beet seed as a long-term solution to virus yellows disease, which devastated crops across eastern England during the 2020-21 season. It is reported by geneticliteracyproject. If government ministers give the green light, British farmers could be growing sugar beet crops gene edited to be resistant to virus yellows in three...

U.S. Sugar has reached an agreement to buy the business and assets of its local rival Imperial Sugar from commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Company, the companies said in statements on Wednesday. It is reported by Reuters. Imperial Sugar operates a refinery at Port Wentworth in Savannah, Georgia, and a sugar transfer and liquification facility in Ludlow, Kentucky. It was bought by Louis Dre...

«Starokostiantynivtsukor» LLC systematically modernizes and renews production in accordance with the highest standards of the sugar industry in order to ensure the maximum quality of sweet products. It is reported by the company on its Facebook page. This year is high time to put the sugar end in order, where the direct cooking and grouting of sugar from syrup 1 and 2-3 products take...

«Astarta» continues the second stage of its five-year investment programme aimed at upgrading its agricultural machinery and introducing innovative IT-solutions for agribusiness management by AgriChain. It is reported by press center of the company. This year «Astarta» contracted 20 John Deere tractors. The first seven units are already delivered to the farming operations. The rem...

Gloomy European sugar beet farmers are cutting back plantings this year, discouraged by poor yields and low prices. It is reported by Reuters. Production has fallen in the European Union, mainly pressured by a slump in prices, since an initial bounce when the bloc dropped its sugar production and export quotas i...

The sugar wastes have found their application and actively processed at leading European enterprises, the analogue of which in Ukraine is a bioethanol refinery. It is reported by the press service of the company. Gnidava Sugar Refinery conducted a study, according to which after the introduction of molasses residues and soil sampling the laborato...

According to the analytical department of «Ukrsugar» Association, in 2020/2021 MY, sugar production amounted to just over one million tonnes or 22,3% less than the previous year.  The number of processing refineries remained unchanged — 33 sugar factories, as last year. But sugar beet processing campaign began 3 weeks later, compared to last year due to the...