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«Astarta»’s agricultural subsidiaries started the 2023 planting season. Farmers in Poltava region were the first to begin sugar beet sowing. It is reported by press-service of the company. This year’s projected structure of the crop mix is as follows: sugar beet – 38.9k ha, corn – 19.1k ha, soybeans – 56.9k ha, w...

The company takes the start of the season quite seriously, because good work planning is the key to autumn success. Every year, Gnidava sugar refinery actively cooperates with agricultural enterprises and tries to determine in advance the sugar beet sown areas. It is reported by press-service of the company. «Preparations for 2023 season actually started the day after the end of the current season. Currently, preparatory work is underway, as well as...

The US Department of Agriculture in its March 31 Prospective Plantings report said farmers intend to plant 1,110,800 acres to sugar beets in 2023, down 4.2% from 1,159,500 acres in 2022 and the lowest since 2008. It is reported by Baking Business. Planted area in Montana, typically the sixth largest beet planting state, was forecast at 24,000 acres, down 29% from 2022 and the lowest on record. Wyoming...

In 2023, the number of working sugar factories in Ukraine will reach 29, six more than the previous year. It is reported by Acting Chairman of the National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine «Ukrsugar» Nazar Mykhailovyn for UkrAgroConsult. «Due to the military actions on the territory of our country last year, there were serious problems in Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions. They could not participate in beet...

As of March 31, sugar beet sowing began in six regions of Ukraine. It is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. Farmers of Vinnytsia, Volyn, Rivne, Ternopil, Khmelnytsk and Cherkasy regions began sugar beet sowing campaign. Vinnytsia...

The European Union sugar beet area for the 2023/24 season is expected to be 3% below the five-year average after a court ruling on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides, the European Commission said in a short-term outlook issued on Thursday. It is reported by Nasdaq. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in January that member states cannot offer exemptions to the bloc's ban on crop seeds treated with neonicotinoids, whi...

American sugar users have quickly increased the amount of beet sugar they have bought for delivery in the new season whose planting starts in April despite high prices, looking to guarantee supplies amid a global supply tightness. It is reported by Nasdaq. According to a report by food information supplier Sosland Publishing Co released on Wednesday, beet sugar sales advanced to between 75% and 80% of prospective 2023/24 U.S...

The country’s sugar industry is struggling to recover and plans to resuscitate the sector have yet to yield results. It is reported by sabcnews. In 2021, government announced a sugar Master plan. Annual sugar production in the last 20 years has declined nearly 25% from 2.75 million to 2.1 million tons per...

West Valley Sugar Company’s 2.8-billion-Kenyan-shilling ($21.27 million) sugar factory in Kericho County will start trial runs in August. The trial will continue for two months before the official commissioning in October, Business Daily reported, citing West Valley Sugar Company managing director Bernard Soi. The initial installed c...

Brazilian sugar group UNICA estimated on Friday that mills in the country’s centre-south region will crush around 5 million tonnes of sugarcane in the second half of March, nearly five times more than in the same period in 2022. It is reported by Business Recorder. UNICA’s projection confirms market speculation of an early start to the Brazilian sugar season after favourable weather in the between-crops’ period...