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French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies's (TTEF.PA), opens new tab biogas unit BioNorrois due to be launched later this year, which will use sugar beet residue from one of Cristal Union's factories, the companies said. It is reported by Reuters. Under the deal, Cristal Union, France's second-largest sugar maker, will supply beet pulp for 15 years to feed the biogas plant, which constitutes more than half of t...

«Agro-Orms» LLC, which is a part of A`SPIK Group, has started preparatory field work. Currently, the agricultural enterprise is preparing the soil for spring crops and sugar beet sowing. It is stated on the company's Facebook page. «Plowing is now underway. We have to process about 400 hectares more of than the planned area, — says Oleg Frankov, the chief agronomist...

«Volyn-Zerno-Produkt» company is considering the possibility of organizing sugar transportation through Europe by transit in order to export it to the Asian market. Yevhen Dudka, the founder of «Volyn-Zerno-Produkt», told Latifundist.com about this. «We are now looking at this possibility, taking into account the balance of sugar produced and...

The government yesterday sanctioned a definitive sugar cane price for the 2022/2023 season at 1,197 baht (US$33) per tonne, marking a substantial increase of 117 baht from the preliminary price of 1,080 baht per tonne. In parallel, the initial price for the 2023/2024 season was ratified by the cabinet, standing at 1,420 baht per tonne. It is reported by thethaiger.com. Government spokesperson, Chai Wacharonke, indicated that the final prices applied to sugar cane demonstrating a commercial cane sugar (CCS) sweetness level of...

India will raise the floor price that mills must pay for sugar cane in the 2024/25 season by 8% from Oct. 1, as the world's second-largest sugar producer tries to boost output and please farmers ahead of a general election later this year. It is reported by Reuters. New Delhi fixed the buying price of sugar cane at 340 rupees ($4.10) per 100 kg for next season, up from this year's 315 rupees, for a basic recovery rate of 10.25%,...

The European Commission allowed Ukraine to export 320,000 tonnes of sugar to the countries of the bloc in 2024. Last year, this figure was 500,000 tonnes. Vyacheslav Chuk, commercial director of «Astarta-Kyiv», told about this at Agro Ukraine Summit, Latifundist.com reported. «This limits Ukraine and the industry from the point...

Despite the challenges of the war, the agricultural sector of Zhytomyr region was able to maintain stability, especially in sugar beet cultivation and sugar production segment. It is reported by zhitomir-online. In 2023, the area devoted to sugar beet cultivation was increased six times, compared to the previous year, which indicates the growth of investments in this...

The introduction of restrictions on sugar export to the European Union will have a negative impact on the sugar industry of Ukraine in general and may lead to the closure of a number of sugar factories, said Acting Chairman of the Board of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine «Ukrtsugar» Nazar Mykhailovyn in a comment to «Interfax-Ukraine». «This will have a very detrimental effect on Ukrainian sugar producers, as we have an export-oriented sugar industry. We hoped to be able to export sugar, thereby preserving and developing our i...

As of the end of January, sugar factories of Poltava region completed sugar-production season. This was announced by the head of Poltava RMA Philip Pronin, press service of Poltava RMA reported. «Factories of the region produced 229,000 tonnes of sugar or 55% more than a year earlier, and almost three times more than the region's need. In total, more than 1.6 million tonnes of raw m...

The сompany’s five sugar factories processed 2.7mt of sugar beets grown in-house and by third-party farmers and produced 377kt of white sugar. It is reported by presscenter of the company. The 2023 processing season lasted 130 days and was the best in terms of sugar output for the past five years. The сompany’s agricultural subsi...