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Kenya sugar production increased by 45 percent in the year to October following improved supply of raw material in the factories. It is reported by Business Daily. A monthly Sugar Directorate report indicates the quantities produced between January and October increased to 411,567 from 284,036 in the corresponding period last...

«Sesvanderhave-Ukraine» presented sugar beet seeds for organic sugar production.  Press-service of the company reports.  «Ritter Bio Agro» and «Deddens Agro» became the first to explore and develop new technology.  New seeds, the pr...

Sugar refineries of Vinnytsia region produced 315 thousand tonnes of sugar. It is reported by Director of the Department for Agricultural Development, Ecology and Natural Resources of Vinnytsia Regional State Administration Mykola Tkachuk.  «Five sugar refinerie...

The Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council, Latif Busari, says Nigeria needs about 250,000 hectares of land for sugarcane cultivation and 28 factories of varying capacities to become self-sufficient in food and industrial demand for sugar. It is reported by Daily Trust. He said Nigeria had the potential of becoming a net exporter of sugar if the capacity of the existing sugar plants was enhanced; and new plants established and sugarc...

United States domestic sugar demand will be smaller than the USDA forecast for 2018-19, a closely-watched North American trader said on Thursday. It is reported by Successful Farming. Domestic demand will stand at 12,2 million tonnes, Jenkins Sugar Group (JSG Commodities) president and veteran trader Frank Jenkins forecast, below USDA expect...

Energy prices in Brazil should be the core driver of world sugar prices in 2019, COFCO head sugar trader Jose Eduardo Toledo said. It is reported by Reuters. Brazil has dedicated a growing share of its annual sugarcane production to ethanol this season as global sugar prices have stagnated. For the country’s 2019/20 c...

In the beginning of December, Cygnet Sugar Refinery completed sugar production season. This year the refinery processed 206 thousand tonnes of sugar beet. The press-service of the company reports. The processing capacity was increased to 2,8 thousand tonnes of beet per day due to modernization of the equipment, as well as natural...

According to data of Analytical department of «Ukrsugar» Association, sugar beet harvesting is completed, but part of harvested crop is still stored in the field piles. «In the current season, 13,5 million tonnes of sugar beet were harvested — almost 1 million tonnes less than last season. Despite the bad weather conditions, diseases and pests,...

During the period from November 26 to 30, «Astarta» agri-industrial holding bought up 6,21 thousand of its own shares on the stock exchange. It is stated in a message of the company on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. The average price of the stock was PLN28,51 ($7,58).  On September 3-7, 2018 «Starta» bought 4,4...

Brazilian sugar companies are increasing their capacity to produce ethanol in the face of depressed global sugar prices and government policies expected to boost demand for the biofuel. It is reported by Reuters. A shift to ethanol in the 2018-19 season slashed Brazil’s sugar output by 9 million tonnes to a 12-year low and more switching to the biofuel next season could help...