Kyiv: The production of white beet sugar in Ukraine will fall to 1.55 mln metric tonnes in 2024 from last year’s 1.8 mln tonnes because of unfavourable weather conditions, the acting farm minister was cited as saying by the Agro Portal agricultural news agency on Tuesday, reports Reuters.
“Heat in summer has negatively affected sugar beet yields this year. The preliminary estimates suggest that Ukraine’s average yield of sugar beets could make about 46.5 tons per hectare, almost 12% lower than last year,” Taras Vysotskiy said.
With a higher sowing area, the output may decline to 11.8 mln tonnes from 13.1 mln tonnes in 2023, Vysotskiy added.
