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Brazilian ethanol producer Raizen is more worried about an ongoing drought's potential hit to the 2025/26 sugarcane harvest than to the current season's crop, its chief executive said on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. Brazil has been facing prolonged dry weather in many regions, affecting crops like sugarcane. In recent months, fires raging across the country have further worried farme...

Thailand's sugar production dropped by 20.37% in the 2023/24 production year to 8.8 million tonnes, Virit Viseshsinth, head of the Office of Sugar and Cane Board, told on Monday. It is reported by Reuters. Thailand is expected to produce 10.39 million tonnes of sugar for the next year, an increase of 18%, Virit said. The world's second-largest sugar exporter consumes...

Harvesting works are in full swing in Rivne region. Farmers of the region are actively engaged in sugar beet harvesting campaign. This is reported by Rivne Regional State Administration. Favorable weather conditions made it possible to harvest already 8% of the total area sown with sugar beets. «Sunny weather an...

According to the results of the 23/24 marketing year (September 2023-August 2024), Ukraine exported 691.8 thousand tonnes of sugar, of which 77% came to EU countries, 23% — to the global market. The main importers of Ukrainian sugar among the EU countries are Italy, whose share in Ukrainian sugar export to the EU reached 19%, Bulgaria (18%) and Hungary (14%). The main export destinations o...

In 2024, Lviv region increased the sugar beet area by 9% — up to 16.1 thousand hectares, compared to last year. It is reported by press service of Lviv Regional Military Administration. Sugar beet cultivation is concentrated in Zolochiv, Lviv, Stryi and Chervonograd districts, «Zahidny Bug» LLC i...

 This year he’s looking to bring in more than usual to the Western Sugar Cooperative’s processing facility in Lovell, where he also serves on the board of directors. It is reported by wyoming public media. «The crop was put in a timely manner in the spring and we had the nice rains and the right kind of weather. There's just not a lot of thi...

As of September 13, agricultural formations of Khmelnytsk region began sugar beet harvesting campaign. It is reported by Department of Development of Agri-Industrial Complex and Land Relations of the Khmelnytsk Regional State Administration. Currently, the average yield amounts to 475 t/ha, whi...

Sugar production in Brazil's center-south totaled 3.26 million tonnes in the second half of August, down 6% year-on-year, as mills allocated less sugarcane to sugar production than expected, industrygroup UNICA said on Thursday. It is reported by xm.com. Sugarcane crushing fell 3.25% in the period to 45.07 million tonnes (see tables below). Sugar output was in line with market expectations, while crushing came in slig...

2024/2025 sugar-refining season is gaining momentum in Ukraine. As of September 12, sugar beets are harvested from the area of ​​16.2 thousand hectares. Currently, the average yield amounts to 46 t/ha. 14 sugar factories in 8 regions of Ukraine have already sta...

The prices of benchmark raw sugar in New York are likely to stay firm and could gain ground, based on a global lack of the sweetener, according to a note published by Bank of America Global Research on Monday, reported Reuters. As per media report, analysts at the bank said the sugarcane crushing in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar producer and exporter, is falling short of expectations because of dry weather conditio...