Spain: The sugar beet campaign begins in the northern half, with 20% more production

Lara Arias The 2024-2025 sugar beet campaign has kicked off in the northern half of Spain and both Acor and Azucarera are optimistic. The opening of factories coincided on Monday in both, in Olmedo (Valladolid) and Toro (Zamora), respectively, and a favourable season with positive results is expected. The Acor sugar factory in Olmedo began to grind the first sugar beets on Monday. Around 1.3 million tonnes of sugar beets, from 12,000 contracted hectares, are to be ground. This represents an increase of 20% compared to the previous campaign. Harvesting began on 30 September and on 11 October sugar beets began to be delivered from all the provinces of Castilla y León. The recent rains, which in some areas exceeded 100 litres per square metre, have affected the logistics of the campaign. Given these precipitations, it has been decided to work on plots with less weight, adapting the uprooting to the specific conditions of each terrain. The first 30,000 tons analyzed record an average ...