Sugar joins the list of crops threatened by Europe’s heat wave
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게시됨 2022년 8월 11일
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(Aug 10): Europe’s heat waves and drought are fueling worries about a smaller sugar crop across the world’s third-biggest grower. Sugar beet is among crops from corn to sunflowers threatened by the extreme weather, and farmers in Germany, Italy, Romania, and Spain say they expect lower-than-average yields this year. The beets are harvested from autumn and could still recover if the weather improves soon — something that looks unlikely for now.
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(Aug 10): Europe’s heat waves and drought are fueling worries about a smaller sugar crop across the world’s third-biggest grower. Sugar beet is among crops from corn to sunflowers threatened by the extreme weather, and farmers in Germany, Italy, Romania and Spain say they expect lower-than-average yields this year. The beets are harvested from autumn and could still recover if the weather improves soon — something that looks unlikely for now. “The beets were fine until June, but there have been just too many very hot days and too little rain since then,” said Niels Kynast, a farmer in Lower Saxony in northwest Germany. “Leaves are mostly burnt already,” and artificial irrigation may become pointless as it’s not enough to compensate for the heat and dryness, he said. Sugar output in the European Union and UK should total 16.4 million tons in the coming season, about 1 million tons lower than a year earlier, Czarnikow Group Ltd estimates. That means the region may have to import ...