Sugar beet campaign 2024/25: Recorded and new challenges!

Sugar beet campaign 2024/25: Recorded and new challenges!

Aarberg, Schweiz - A glossy end of the 2024/25 sugar beet campaign was announced by the Agrana! In just 137 days, over 3.3 million tons of beets were processed to produce delicious Viennese sugar. The gratifying news was published on Facebook on Tuesday, where the company thanked for the excellent cooperation with the employees and the farmers. Agrana emphasizes the significant role of all involved in this successful process that emphasizes sugar production in the Tulln and Leopoldsdorf works.

weather conditions influence the cultivation

But how can such impressive crop results occur? According to Agrarbericht.ch, the winter of 2022/23 has been one of the mildest weather records since the beginning of the weather records, which led to below -average rainfall. However, the weather played a key role during sugar beet seed from March to June. After relatively good conditions at the beginning, phases of extreme heat and drought followed. From the end of August, heavy-hiking bumps brought relief and ended the drought in southern and Eastern Switzerland, as the report describes the events.

In western Switzerland, however, the dry and warm weather conditions caused problems. The spread of the dreaded beet truss was favored, which led to putrefaction in the beet heads. The late harvesting conditions deteriorated due to the wet floors, which made the beet harvest difficult, which ultimately resulted in a delay in the sowing of winter cereals. In total, Swiss Zucker AG processed 1.5 million tons of beets and produced 205,000 tons of sugar in Aarberg and Frauenfeld, which underlines the challenges and successes of the sugar beet campaign.