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India could export a record 7.5 million tonnes of sugar in the 2021/22 marketing year, nearly 25% more than the previous estimate, with output set to reach a record high thanks to beneficial weather, a leading trade body said on Friday. It is reported by Reuters. Higher exports from the world's second-biggest sugar producer could weigh on global prices. Mills have so far signed contracts to export 6 million tonnes of sugar...

In the face of continued Russian military aggression, it is critical to maintain food security in Ukraine by preparing for the spring planting and have sufficient resources. It is reported by press center of the company. Raiffeisen Bank Ukraine, a Ukrainian associate of Raiffeisen Bank International AG Group (Austria) and JSC OTP Bank, a Ukrainian subsidiary of OTP Ban...

The Cuban sugar industry is barreling again toward its worst season ever, according to official media reports and sources, threatening to dent both national pride and economic growth. It is reported by Reuters. The 2022 harvest is set to fall well short of last year's record low, according to official data and two local sugar experts. It is currently running at least 30% shy...

From the first days of the war, the entire A’SPIK Group, led by Oleksandr Spivak, has been working to help the army and support regions where Ukrainians are short of food as a result of the war against Russian fascist invaders. The company informs about it on its Facebook-page. Together with fellow agricultural producers of Khmelnytsk region and the Ukrainian Agri Council, thousands of tonnes of food were sent t...

«Astarta» continues to focus on comprehensive support to the Ukrainian military and territorial defence forces, and general public. Press center of the company informs, the total amount of financial assistance exceeded UAH30m (EUR1m). More than 500 tonnes of food supplies (sugar, milk, flour, cereals, dairy and meat products) w...

The National Association of Sugar Producers of Ukraine, on its own behalf and on behalf of sugar producers and farmers who grow sugar beets, appealed to the International Sugar Organization (ISO) to stop cooperation with Russia. Ukraine's sugar beet industry is one of the most strategic domestic industries not only in terms of meeting domestic needs, but also in terms of increasing export opportunities. However, o...

«Astarta» continues to invest in the modernisation and development of production infrastructure. It is reported by press center of the company. In particular, in 2022 «Astarta» starts implementing a project to build Ukraine's largest bulk sugar storage facility with a total cap...

Sugar beet growers now have a choice of approved insecticides for controlling aphids carrying beet yellows virus  following the approval of InSyst. It is reported by Farmers Weekly. Following the loss of Biscaya (thiacloprid), growers were down to just one authorised foliar product – Tepekki (flonicamid) – with just one application...

French sugar and ethanol group Tereos on Wednesday reported a jump in third-quarter core earnings as high prices helped offset a poor harvest in Brazil. It is reported by Reuters. Tereos, the world's second largest sugar maker by volume, said adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the quarter ending D...