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How many farms produce sugar
beet for Südzucker?
About 23,500 in Germany. |
What are sugar beet delivery
rights?
A farm needs delivery rights to cultivate sugar beet. Delivery
rights of this type can be traded between farms (see also regulation
of sugar beet cultivation). |
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Can any farm cultivate sugar
beet and supply it to Südzucker?
Südzucker only buys sugar beet from farms with active sugar
beet delivery rights. |
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How many sugar beet are
grown per hectare?
80,000 to 90,000 sugar beet are grown per hectare. |
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What is the "Bodengesundheitsdienst"
(BGD)?
The BGD is a subsidiary of Südzucker. It offers services
to agriculture, for example soil examinations: The farmer takes
a sample of the soil. This is tested by BGD for all the important
nutrients. |
The farmer is given a precise fertilisation
recommendation on the basis of the results of the examination.
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