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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...

India plans to restrict sugar exports for the first time in six years to prevent a surge in domestic prices and could cap this season’s exports at 8 million tonnes. It is reported by hellenicshippingnews. «Sugar output is going to be a record high, but stocks are depleting fast because of exports. Uncontrolled exports could create scarcity and local...

Sugar production in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest cane producing state, is likely to fall around 10% year-on-year to under 10 mln tonnes in the October 2021-September 2022 season, according to industry sources. It is reported by Financial Express. The dip in production is primarily due to diversion into ethanol production, but rising disease and pest infestation also impacted the output. Sugar recovery ha...

Sugar production in Thailand, a top exporter of the sweetener, is heading for a three-year high after an end to two years of drought-like weather conditions improved crop prospects. It is reported by Bangkok Post. Output may reach 10 million tonnes by the end of the current crushing season on March 31, according to Thai Sugar Millers Corp. The mills produced 9.6 million tonnes...

Maharashtra is looking at record sugar production in the 2021-22 season, leaving its closest competitor Uttar Pradesh far behind. As of Monday, 197 mills in Maharashtra have crushed 107,258 mln tonnes of cane to produce 11,116 mln tonnes of sugar. Uttar Pradesh has reported production of 7,8 mln tonnes of sugar so far this season It is reported by Financial Express. Maharashtra sugar commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad said total production in the state is likely to touch 12,5 mln tonne by the end of the season, the highest t...

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...

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...

Brazil’s largest sugar-producing region is suffering from a second year of record drought, threatening to cause another short crop in 2022/23 that could prolong high sugar prices. It is reported by gro-intelligence. The Gro Drought Index (GDI) shows that sugarcane-growing areas of São Paulo state, which produces more than half of Brazil’s total sugarca...

Indian sugar mills have produced 11.56 million tonnes of sugar in the first three months of 2021/22 marketing year, up nearly 4.3% from the same period a year earlier, a trade body said. It is reported by Nasdaq. India is the world's second-biggest sugar producer and the higher output could weigh on global prices. Sugar mills have so far contracted to export about 4 million...

The Thai sugar market is eyeing a return to strength in 2022 after two consecutive years of drought, but will likely face logistical challenges in securing freight to export its surplus supply to buyers in the region as well as competition from cargoes from India and Brazil. It is reported by S&P Global Platts. Thailand's crop prospects for the marketing year 2021-22 (October-September) are expected to improve after increased rainfall in September, and exp...