Mass harvesting of sugar beet starts in Central region

3 октября 2014

Sweet root crops are cultivated in 16 districts of the region. The leaders are Slutsky and Nesvizhsky regions. Late planting and hot August spoiled the expectations of farmers a little. However, there is still a month of hard work in the fields.


Sugar beet have been planted in Gorodeya for more than 15 years. This year, sweet roots occupied the territory of about five hundred acres.


Sugar beets are grown in 100 out of 330 farms of the Central region. Half of them send their crops to the sugar mill in Gorodeya. Today, the plant received more than 200 thousand tons of raw materials.


The plant processes over 9,000 tons of beets a day, which brings 1,300 tons of sugar. This year the company plans to produce more than 150 thousand tons of sugar.


Harvesting of sugar beets is planned to be completed by the beginning of November. One third part of the yield has already been sent for processing.


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