Flooded fields in Europe: French sugar beet producers fear 15% losses

The effects of the El Niño climate phenomenon on food production continue around the world. In Europe, for example, there are several flooded fields, according to information from the Bloomberg news agency, and French sugar beet producers fear losses of 15% of the product that still remains to be harvested. Beet processors in Europe for sugar production usually grind for several months, starting in September, but the harvest, especially in the northwest of the continent, has been impacted since then. To give you an idea, France recently received 32 consecutive days of rain, the longest period since 1998, according to Meteo France. According to Bloomberg, almost half of the beet fields still need to be harvested due to the impact of rain in recent weeks and some processors have already reduced the pace of production because they are not receiving enough raw material, the CGB producer group said at a conference in London , UK. The problems also affect production in other European ...