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Ministry of Agrarian Policy forecasts 2006 sugar beet sown areas enlarging from 674.000 ha up to 734.000 ha
21.03.2006 16:07 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Ministry of Agrarian Policy considers this year domestic agrarians will widen sugar beet sown areas from 674.000 ha up to 734.300 ha, reported Ministry of Agrarian Policy press-service referring to 2006 sown areas preliminary structure data.
As earlier reported, Association Ukrtsukor believes this year agrarians can boost sugar beet sown areas from 674.000 ha up to 740.000 ha; Ukrtsukor is convinced agrarians should again get interested in sugar beet cultivation due to domestic market sugar advantageous prices.
Reportedly, agrarians had reduced sugar beet sown areas (2005 crop) to 673.950 ha, down 58.500 ha (- 7.98%) against 2004 crop sown areas, with agricultural companies having sown sugar beet at 504.700 ha (down against 569.660 ha in 2004) and individual economies at 169.250 ha (down as of 184.340 ha in 2004).
Within last few years agrarians have been gradually reducing sugar beet production with its sown areas being shortened, due to sugar beet having been considered illiquid.
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