As of December 2, the region has harvested 2.6 million tons of sugar beets, which is 6.8% more than last year.
According to the Department of Agriculture of the Oryol region, as of December 2, the region has harvested 2.6 million tons of sugar beets, which is 6.8% more than last year. The productivity of the beet field amounted to 395.8 tons per hectare (+1.8%). This year, the area sown with sugar beets amounted to 66.1 thousand hectares.
The sowing of sugar beets in the Oryol region has increased by 37.8% over 5 years: from 45.5 thousand hectares in 2020 to 62.7 thousand hectares in 2024. This allowed the crop yield to increase by 31.8%, to 2.4 million tons in 2024.
Due to the expansion of the sown areas, the load on the beet harvesting machines has increased. At the end of 2024, there were 69 beet harvesting machines (excluding those for removing the leaves) in the agricultural organizations of the region. The load amounted to 875 hectares per unit, compared to 709 hectares in 2020.
Four sugar factories process sugar beets in the region: LLC "Sugar Plant 'Kolpnyansky'", JSC "Sugar Plant 'Otradinskaya..."