French Sugar Yields May Rise on Early Planting, Researcher Says

Sugar beet yields in France, the world’s biggest grower of the root, may rise this year as an early start to planting gives the crop more time to develop, researcher Institut Technique de la Betterave said.

Sugar output per hectare (2.47 acres) of beets may rise 5 percent to 6 percent from 13.1 metric tons last year, based on planting dates, Nicole Bouveris, an agronomist at the Paris-based researcher, said in a phone interview today.