Published on November 7, 2024 at 3:22 p.m. / Modified on November 7, 2024 at 3:24 p.m.
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Less than half of the sugar consumed in Switzerland comes from Swiss beets.
Half fig, half grape. Or rather half sugar, half weevil. This could summarize the expectations for the 2024 sugar season in the beet industry. The wet weather in recent months has tarnished the quality of tubers, as well as vineyards, potatoes and many cereals. But on the beet growers side, we are doing better. The precipitation had less impact and, above all, the branch sees the light at the end of the tunnel. After several years of crisis, the industry even seems to be on the verge of recovery.
Let’s start with the harvest, which lasts on average around a hundred days during the fall. “We thought it was going to be better because this summer the foliage was lush and there was little drought. But in the end, it’s average. When we pulled them out, the beets were smaller than expected,” says Lukas Aebi, member of the management of Sucre Suisse.
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