This Week's Most Popular Sugar News
- #1 Newly identified gene helps to increase sugar beet yieldsGerman and Swedish research groups at Kiel University and Umea Plant Science Centre have identified the long-sought bolting gene B in the sugar beet crop, the byproduct pulp of which is a popular high-fibre horse feed. read more...
- #2 Dangote Sugar posts N4.12bn profit in first quarterDirectors of Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc (DSR) have reported a profit before tax (PBT) of N4.12 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, 2012. read more...
- #3 Sugar-cane biofuel fouls airBrazil has rapidly become the world\'s biggest producer of ethanol an alternative to petroleum-based fuel from sugar cane. The greenhouse-gas emissions created during sugar-cane ethanol production are lower than those associated with the creation of other biofuels, but a study shows that the process generates up to seven times more air pollutants read more...
