date:Sep 21, 2018
in tonnages, a Tereos spokesman told Reuters. This is due to market conditions, low prices, high stocks and hefty supplies expected this campaign.
Tereos members harvested around 19 million tonnes of sugar beet this year, planted on 215,000 hectares, down from over 20 million tonnes in 2017, the spokesman said.
The 2018 crops area remained stable, but yields were hammered by scorching summer weather.
Last years harvest marked a 30 percent rise in output from the previous year, encouraged by