In Poltava region, farmers continue to harvest sugar beets – 24,000 hectares have already been harvested. This is almost 80% of the projected areas, Philip Pronin, the head of Poltava Regional Military Administration, has said.
A total of 890,000 tons of beets were harvested. Out of 720,000 tons of raw materials, sugar factories of the region produced more than 100,000 tons of sugar.
“This year’s pace of harvesting campaign is higher compared to the previous year. Poltava region takes a leading position in terms of sugar production and ranks third in terms of cultivated areas”, he said. (Ukrsugar)