« We have noticed a stagnation of wealth for 3 weeks, around 16.7°says Jean-Jacques Fatous of the CGB, on October 30. The root weight seems to continue to increase, but the yield gap with 2023 is widening “. In fact, the national average is around 71t/ha, which gives a yield of 75t/ha at 16°. “ This remains 5 tonnes lower compared to last year at the same time, when we reached 80 t/ha ».
The return of milder weather in recent days has allowed an acceleration of uprooting, which until then had been slowed down by the rain. However, the stock in the plains is not yet very high. “ The average earth tare on a national scale has reached 10%, but seems to have stabilized in recent days. », specifies Jean-Jacques Fatous.
Furthermore, following major operational and manufacturing difficulties, the Souppes sugar factory (77) announced to its growers on Friday October 25 that their beets would be processed in the nearby Cristal Union sugar factories (Corbeilles, Pithiviers-le- Vieil, Arcis-sur-Aube), in custom work. And this until the end of the campaign.
Concerning Sigatoka, it continues to develop, says Ghislain Malatesta, director of experimentation and regional expertise at the ITB. “ The weather conditions of recent weeks have not slowed the disease “, he specifies.
