40 thousand 500 tons of sugar production is targeted this year in Turkey

In Muş, one of the provinces where sugar beet cultivation is common in Turkey, 40,500 tons of sugar is targeted out of 280 thousand tons of beet this year. In Muş Plain, where many products are grown on wide and fertile agricultural lands, beet is planted on 46 thousand decares of land by 1200 farmers. The beet, which is disassembled in the fields by the workers, loaded on trucks and tractors and transported to Muş Şeker Üretim Sanayi A.Ş., is delivered to the tables after grueling processes. After being purified from soil and mud, the beet is transported to the factory by belt system, and after processes such as washing, peeling, cutting, grating, boiling and pressing, it is passed through sherbet filters and crystallized at a certain temperature and turned into sugar. Sugar, which is filled in bags of 50 kilograms at the factory, is sent all over the country. In the city, where 38,290 tons of sugar was produced from 264 thousand tons of sugar beet obtained from 56 thousand 500 ...