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«Astarta» signed an agreement with the Embassy of Switzerland in Ukraine to procure and deliver goods for the humanitarian project «Life-saving assistance to Ukrainian people affected by military hostilities». The project is financed by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of the Swiss Confederation. It is reported by press center of the company. «For Switzerland it is important to cooperate with our long-standing and reliable Ukrainian partners from the government and private sector in p...

In 2022, «Astarta» plans to sow 33,500 ha of sugar beets. Vadym Skrypnyk, the director of agricultural production of «Astarta-Kyiv» agri-industrial holding, for «ZERNO». Ukrainian farmers continue sugar beet sowing. The b...

A global deficit in sugar supplies in the 2021/22 season is expected to reduce by 42% due to a better than expected sugar production in India, the world's second largest producer of the sweetener, broker StoneX said on Wednesday. It is reported by Successful Faming. StoneX raised its estimate for India's 2021/22 sugar output to 33.2 million tonnes for the October to September period, 5% more than projected in January, a...

Khmelnytsk region is actively continuing spring field works under martial law. In the conditions of martial law the sowing campaign is gaining momentum in the region, according to Khmelnytsk Regional Military Administration. As of April 4, agricultural formations of all forms...

Europe's largest sugar producer Suedzucker on Monday posted a rise of almost 40% in full year operating profit as improved sugar and bioethanol markets boosted earnings. It is reported by Reuters. Group operating profit in the full financial year 2021/22 to the end of February rose to 330 million euros ($362.37 million) from 236 million euros in the previous year,...

«Continental Farmers Group» began sugar beet sowing campaign. The company reported about it on its Facebook-page. «Recently the company began sugar beet sowing. We have added this culture to the structure of crops this season because of its strateg...

As of April 1, 2022, 9,000 hectares of sugar beets were sown in all categories of farms in Vinnytsia region. The chief of regional military administration Sergiy Borzov told about it, vinnitsa.info reported. In connection with the military invasion of Russia on the territory of Ukraine, this year's so...

«Flora AA» Farm adjusted the structure of the sown area in favor of sugar beet for the food security of Ukraine. The head of «Flora AA» Farm Andriy Kapritsa (Vinnytsia region) told about it, AgroTimes reported. Some areas of the farm are sown with winter wheat, then it is planed to sow sunflo...

The US Department of Agriculture in its March 30 Prospective Plantings report said farmers intend to plant 1,143,400 acres of sugar beets in 2022, down 16,600 acres, or 1.4%, from 1,160,000 acres planted in 2021.  It is reported by bakingbusiness. Planting intentions were down 3,000 acres, or 0.7%, in top-producing Minnesota at 424,000 acres. But planted area in No. 2 North Dakota were unchanged from 20...

Two new high-yielding sugar beet varieties with tolerance to beet cyst nematode are the highlight of the nine new beet varieties approved for use for beet growers in spring 2023. It is reported by Farmers Weekly. Harryetta and Button are added to the new Recommended List (RL) of sugar beet varieties for 2023, both having tolerance to the yield-damaging nematode. The firs...