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This year's campaign at Nordzucker AG lasted 145 days, making it one of the longest in the company's history. Although high beet yields were achieved, the sugar content was slightly below the five-year average.

This year's campaign at Nordzucker AG lasted 145 days, making it one of the longest in the company's history. Although high beet yields were achieved, the sugar content was slightly below the five-year average.The reasons given in the press release were the late sowing and the cool, wet spring. However, in some growing areas, such as Slovakia, leaf diseases occurred on the beet, leading to yield losses.This year, our agricultural and food laboratories once again accompanied European sugar producers from the field to the bag.

This begins with GPS-supported soil analysis, followed by targeted fertilisation recommendations, and continues along the entire process chain with residue and quality controls right up to the finished sugar bag.

Extraction and refining consume a lot of water. Checks on drinking, process and waste water are therefore just as much a part of our service package as the analytical examination of the valuable by-products used in the animal feed industry.

YOUR PLUS: AGROLAB labs support the whole sugar process chain by tailored analytical services - from the soil analysis to label checks of the final sugar product.

Author: Dr. Frank Mörsberger, AGROLAB GROUP