Iran: Harvesting 1.4 million tons of spring sugar beet so far

According to ISNA, Peyman Hasadi stated that the spring sugar beet harvest has started since the middle of September this year and said: This amount of production shows a 48% increase compared to the same period last year. He predicted: this year, nearly 4.4 million tons of spring sugar beet will be harvested and nearly 600 thousand tons of sugar will be extracted and produced from it. Hasadi also stated about the autumn beet cultivation: Autumn sugar beet cultivation started in the country from the end of September this year and so far nearly 20,000 hectares have been cultivated, which is about 50% compared to the same period last year in terms of the contract level and in terms of the amount of cultivation shows an increase of nearly 95%. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad, he said about the guaranteed purchase price of sugar beet: there is no need to worry about the increase and announcement of the price of sugar beet, and the price of ...