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France Lets Farmers Use More Pesticides To Protect Sugar Output

French farmers will be allowed to apply more pesticides on their sugar beet fields this year due to a high risk of attacks from an insect carrying a diseas...

Sugar Maker Cristal Union Takes Stake In TotalEnergies' Biogas Unit

French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies' biogas unit BioNorrois due to be launched later this year, which will use sugar be...

Tereos Expects Debt To Fall As Costs Decrease, Could Sell Unit

French sugar maker Tereos may sell some assets that are not core to its business, including a unit in Indonesia, senior officials from the group...

Ukrainian Sugar Rush Has EU Producers Fretting Over Prices

A surge in EU imports of Ukrainian sugar is expected to continue for at least for another season, weighing on prices in the bloc. While this may be good ne...

France Raises Maize, Sugar Beet Crop Estimates

France's farm ministry raised its forecast for the country's 2023 grain maize crop for the second consecutive month, citing good growing conditions since m...

EU's Bid To Save Bees Stings Sugar Beet Farmers

Europe's sugar beet growers are turning away from the crop in a move that could drive soaring prices even higher, as the EU's environmental rules clash wit...

Cristal Union Invites French Farmers To Go Back To Sugar Beet

French farmers should consider turning back to sugar beet in 2024 after a drop in planted area in recent years, France's No. 2 sugar maker Cristal Union sa...

Südzucker Unit Drops Plan To Lift French Sugar Output, Citing Ukraine Imports

Sugar maker Saint Louis Sucre, owned by Germany's Südzucker, asked French farmers not to increase their beet output in 2024 to avoid a fall in prices...