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1Q23 revenues of «Astarta» sugar segment totalled EUR37m, up by 86% y-o-y on higher sugar sales volumes. Exports contributed 15% of segment revenues in 1Q23. It is reported by «Astarta» in its Report for the First Quarter of 2023. Meanwhile, «Astarta» continues its spring planting in all seven regions of its operations. The rainy...

Soybean and sugarcane producers have blocked the highway connecting Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in Bolivia for the second day in protest against diesel shortages. It is reported by tvpworld. In Bolivia, the government implemented decrees 4910 and 4911 that reduced fuel sales to big buyers of gasoline and diesel from 20,000 to 5,000 liters in order to co...

The fuel pricing change by Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras will likely increase the price gap between ethanol and sugar to the highest level in 12 years, analysts and brokers said on Wednesday. It is reported by Nasdaq. The policy change announced on Tuesday, however, will have no impact to the production strategy of Brazilian sugar and ethanol producers as they start a new season si...

Brazil's center-south sugarcane crushing dropped 12.5% in the second half of April from a year earlier, industry group Unica said on Thursday, with sugar production missing market expectations after rains limited harvesting. It is reported by Nasdaq. Mills in the region were estimated to have lost 10 days of harvesting operations due to bad weather in the first month of the new cycle, Unica said, which is seen resultin...

As of May 11, Ukrainian agricultural producers planted almost 205,000 hectares of sugar beets. According to official data of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine, 14 regions of Ukraine continue to sow sugar beets, 204.8 thousand hectares have already been sown. The most beets...

Brazilian sugar mills lost 3 days of harvesting operations during the second half of April due to rains, according to estimates by analysts, who see production, however, jumping over the same period a year earlier. It is reported by Nasdaq. Both S&P Global Commodity Insights, in a survey with 11 analysts, and EarthDaily Agro, a company that tracks weather conditions in Brazil's center-south region, pr...

According to Datagro date, in the new season, Brazil's sugar output will increase by almost 14%.  It is reported by Nasdaq. Brazil's centre-south region is expected to produce 38.3 million tonnes of sugar in the new season that started in April, a 13.6% increase over the previous crop, due...

As of May 4, 2023, more than 179,000 hectares were planted with sugar beets in Ukraine. According to official data, 179.17 thousand hectares of sugar beets were sown on the specified date. Vinnytsia region is the leader in terms of sowing rates, where 49.3 thousand hectares were planted...

Spring is a really "hot" time for farmers. Each stage of work must be 100% worked out in order to get high yieds during the harvesting. It is reported by press service of the enterprise. This year's floods made their adjustments at the beginning of the planting season. Mineral fertilizers became another problem for farmers. The...

As of April 27, 96,000 hectares of sugar beets were sown in Ukraine. It is reported by press service of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Farmers of 14 regions continue sugar beet sowing, 96.1 thousand hectares have already been sown.