Sugar beet harvesting continues to be challenging for farmers in Kastamonu.

Despite the drought in Kastamonu, beet producers were able to produce thanks to irrigation systems, achieving 5 tons per acre. Beet producers in Kastamonu continue to harvest. Producers using special machinery harvest sugar beets from the fields and deliver them to the Kastamonu Sugar Factory. Farmers in Taşköprü, Devrekani, and Seydiler districts, where the most production takes place in Kastamonu, continue to harvest despite the dry summer, achieving an average of 5 tons per acre thanks to irrigation systems. The sugar beet purchase price, including the quota completion bonus per ton, was set at 2,975 lira and has been updated by the sugar factory to 3,100 lira. "We produce beets on 200 decares of land" Cihan Hasanbaşoğlu, who grows beets on 200 decares of land in Seydiler district of Kastamonu, said, "We have been producing beets in Kastamonu for 6 years. As every year, this year the beet harvest season has started. We hope to harvest without any incidents. I wish all our ...