Sugar beet harvesting has begun in the Tambov region

On August 11, 2023, Yugo-Vostochnaya Agrogroup LLC began harvesting sugar beets in the Gavrilovsky municipal district. This company has land plots in various districts: Umetsky, Pichaevsky, Muchkapsky, Kirsanovsky, Inzhavinsky, Gavrilovsky and Bondarsky. In total, these areas account for 26% of the total area sown with sugar beets in this region, the regional administration reports.

At the time of the report, 32 hectares had been harvested, on which 1,358 tons of beets had been harvested. This gives a yield of 424 centners per hectare. Interestingly, this year the harvesting started a week earlier than last year.

The largest areas intended for growing sugar beets are located in the Rzhaksinsky (12.4 thousand hectares) and Kirsanovsky (11.2 thousand hectares) districts.

This year, the total sugar beet harvest is expected to reach over 4.5 million tons.