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Agrarians started sugar beet sowing
18.04.2006 12:20 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Agricultural companies have begun sugar beet sowing; as of Apr 3, sugar beet has been sown at 800 ha (down 2 times against last year similar), reported State Statistics Committee referring to early Apr springtime field works data.
As earlier reported, Ministry of Agrarian Policy had forecasted this year agrarians would widen sugar beet sown areas from 674,000 ha up to 734,300 ha
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 had 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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