German refined sugar output forecast to increase in new 2024/25 season

Published 2024년 11월 25일

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The WVZ Sugar Association in Germany expresses concern over the rising incidence of plant diseases, specifically SBR and RTD, affecting sugar beet production. Despite these challenges, the area dedicated to sugar beet cultivation has increased by 6% to 386,000 hectares for the 2024/25 season. This expansion, along with similar trends in other European countries, is driven by the higher sugar prices experienced at the end of the previous year. Despite the disease outbreaks and challenges, the expected sugar beet production for the 2023/24 season is projected to surpass previous seasons. German farmers are on track to deliver 32.52 million tonnes of sugar beets to mills for processing, with an estimated average yield of 84.1 tonnes per hectare and an average sugar content of 16.4%.

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Although production is expected to increase significantly compared to the 2023/24 season, the WVZ Sugar Association is concerned about the spread of plant diseases in Germany, which will affect yields. Two sugar beet diseases, SBR (low sugar syndrome) and RTD (rubber root disease), pose major challenges for beet growers and the sugar industry. Around 75,000 hectares of German sugar beet are affected by these diseases, up from around 40,000 hectares in previous years. German farmers have increased the area planted to sugar beet to 386,000 hectares for the new season, up around 6% from the previous season. Farmers in many parts of Europe have planted more sugar beet in the new season 2024/25, partly due to high sugar prices at the end of last year. German farmers are expected to deliver 32.52 million tonnes of sugar beets to sugar mills for processing, up from 29.81 million tonnes ...

Source: Vinanet