Tridge summary
The German Sugar Economic Association has revised its forecast for sugar production due to sickly sugar beets. The average sugar content is now projected to be 0.7 percentage points lower than initially expected, at 16.4%. The predicted sugar beet harvest has also been reduced from 32.97 Mt to 32.53 Mt, leading to an estimated sugar production of 4.64 Mt, down from 4.95 Mt. This downturn is attributed to the spread of bacterial diseases, including Low Richness Syndrome (SBR) and Stolbur, transmitted by leafhoppers. These diseases have impacted at least 75,000 hectares of sugar beet crops, marking a significant increase from the previous year's 40,000 hectares.
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The health of sugar beet in Germany this campaign will detract from the sugar production balance. Root crops are having a much lower polarization than expected. The German Sugar Economic Association has reduced its forecast of average sugar content by 0.7 percentage points, lowering it from the 17.1% initially expected to 16.4%. The Association has also reduced the estimate of the sugar beet harvest from 32.97 Mt estimated in mid-September to 32.53 Mt. Consequently, the lower weight yield and the lower sugar yield have caused the Association to estimate a production of 4.64 Mt of sugar instead of the 4.95 Mt initially expected. These serious losses are the result of the spread of bacterial diseases in sugar beet crops. Infections transmitted by a leafhopper, such as Low Richness Syndrome (SBR) and Stolbur. This ...
Source: Agrodigital
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