Russia: Sugar production rates are higher than last year
Sugar Beet
Sugar
Russia
Published Sep 27, 2022
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According to the Ministry of Agriculture, as of September 22, sugar beet was dug from 263.4 thousand hectares (25.7% of the area), 11.5 million tons were harvested against about 9 million tons a year earlier. The average yield compared to the same period last year increased from 371.2 c/ha to 437.3 c/ha. According to Soyuzrossahar, from the beginning of the season (August 1) to September 19, more than 1 million tons of sugar were produced in Russia. 61 sugar refineries are processing sugar beets of the new harvest. By the end of the month, 68 enterprises will operate. By September 21, the average root weight in Russia was 14.4% higher than in 2021, and the sugar content of beets was 6.4% lower, Yevgeny Ivanov, a leading expert at the Institute for Agricultural Market Studies (IKAR), told Agroinvestor. The sugar beet campaign in the 2022/23 season began on average earlier than the previous season in most regions, except for the Volga-Urals. “Cleaning is proceeding at a pace higher ...
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