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As the 2023-24 crushing season in Maharashtra nears the end, sugar mills in the State have crushed 106,686 million tonnes(mt) of sugarcane to produce 10,936 mt of sugar. Out of 207 sugar mills operational this season, 196 mills have stopped crushing.  It is reported by thehindubusinessline. Last year during the same period, 211 mills had crushed 105,391 mt of sugarcane to produce 10,523 mt of sugar. The extract percentage or sugar recovery...

Thailand's sugar cane output declined in the 2023-24 crop year, resulting from severe drought, which may affect sugar supply in the global market, says the Office of the Cane and Sugar Board (OCSB).  It is reported by Bangkok Post. The country is the world's second-largest sugar exporter after Brazil, meaning a drop in production could pressure the global market.  «Our su...

«Olgopil» Agrofirm finished sugar beet sowing and has already received the first seedlings. This is reported on the company's Facebook page. This year, the area of 149 hectares was allocated for sugar beets. In addition, demo plots have been laid, on which 7 sugar beet hybrids from...

As of April 18, almost 224,000 hectares were planted with sugar beets in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. An area of 223.7 thousand hectares has been sown with sugar beets. Early sugar beet sowing has been comp...

Indian mills produced 31.09 million tonnes of sugar between Oct. 1 and April 15, down 0.5% from the previous year due to lower output in the key producing southern state of Karnataka, a leading industry body said on Tuesday. It is reported by Reuters. Sugar mills are closing their operations at a higher pace than last year and so far, 448 mills have closed compared to 401 a year ago, the Indian Sugar & Bio-Energy M...

Despite the extended harvesting campaign due to difficult weather conditions, Astarta’s farmers achieved record harvests benefiting from highest ever corn and sugar beet yields. It is reported by the company in its 2023 report. On back of bigger sales volumes, revenues increased by 33% y-o-y to EUR240m. Exports generated 78% of the segment revenues in 2023. At the end o...

Only recently, MHP-Agro-C began sugar beet sowing, and already received the first seedlings. This is reported by the company on its Facebook page. «Sugar beet seedlings are already visible in the fields of the enterprise. The density amounts to 110 thousand per hectare. No pests...

«Ukrprominvest-Agro» completed the sugar beet sowing campaign. It is reported by the company on its Facebook page. According to the company, on April 10, sugar beet sowing was completed on the area of 23.4 thousand hectares.

As of April 15, farmers of Lviv region planted almost 8,000 hectares of sugar beets. It is reported by department of agri-industrial development of Lviv Regional State Administration. Sugar beets were sown on the area of 7.8 thousand hectares in Zolochiv and Lviv district...

The sugar beet sowing campaign finished in the fields of «Agro-Orms» LLC. The work was done dynamically and on time. It is reported by the company on its Facebook page. Fertilizers and herbicides are applied to future crops. «Thanks to the protection of our armed forces, we can work safely and take care...