Astarta harvested 70% of the area under sugar beet

Astarta-Kiev continues harvesting industrial corps. To date, about 40% of corn, 30% of sugar beet and 5% of soy are to be harvested and stored. 

The press service reports, that harvesting campaign goes much faster at the East farms as compared to the Western farms, where higher humidity prompted later start.

"The Company has finished harvesting campaign of sunflower with the average yield of 2.2 tons per hectare in the East and 3.3 tons per hectare in the West. This year adverse weather conditions in Poltava region affected many crops, while growing conditions in the West were optimal. Crop yields of West farms are in line with the Company’s forecast: corn — 10 tons per hectare, soybeans — 2.6 tons per hectare and sugar beet — 60 tons per hectare," the message says.

The current average yield of soybeans is over 2.1 tons per hectare, corn — 7 tons per hectare, sugar beet — 50 tons per hectare.

This season Astarta improves the system of harvesting and transportation of sugar beet.  The Company replaced trucks with 40 m³ sugar beet carts (produced by Amity Technology, USA) for sugar beet transportation. These sugar beet carts were introduced at all Western farms and partially at Eastern farms.

According to Operations Director Zeljko Erceg, such an approach has many advantages, among which: optimization of the amount of transport involved in the harvesting and transportation process, reduction of soil compaction, better quality and preservation of sugar beet.

It was earlier reported that Astarta in Q3 2017 increased sugar sales by 14.16% or by 13.63 thousand tons.