date:May 13, 2014
in the Konya region and Central Anatolia (the center of Turkish sugar beet production) yield reached 8085 tons per hectare.
As farmers become more familiar with modern agriculture techniques and are using better quality seeds, the yields are increasing and so are farmers incomes. Sugar beet farmers earned an average of 2000 TL per hectare. Sugar is sold for 123 TL in 50 kilogram (Kg) bags, and cube sugar is sold in 20 Kg packs for 63 TL. (US$1= 2.1 TL as of 3 April 2014)
In MY 2014/2015, post