date:Apr 23, 2014
s. Beet yields are expected to fall from the record yields of 2013. The depreciation of the ruble is making imported inputs more expensive, and may lead to replacement of more expensive and more efficient seeds, fertilizer and chemicals with cheaper, but less efficient ones. FAS/Moscow forecasts sugar beet yields at 42 MT/HA, which is close to 8-year trend yields but 5 per cent below the record yields of 44.2 MT/HA (harvested area) in 2013.
FAS/Moscow forecasts that 37 MMT of this projected 39