High-sugar beets thrive in Gansu Shandan

Farmers manually harvest and collect sugar beets in the fields of the sugar beet plantation at Gansu Nongken Shandan Farm in Shandan county, Zhangye, Gansu province, on Oct 11, 2024. [Photo provided to gogansu.com]

This year, the 10,000-mu sugar beet plantation at the Gansu Nongken Shandan Farm has achieved an impressive average yield of about 7 tons per mu, with sugar content exceeding 16 percent. The farm has established itself as a primary cultivation area for high-sugar beets in Gansu province. Notably, approximately 7 tons of sugar beets can now be processed into 1 ton of white sugar, realizing the goal of producing a ton of sugar per mu. This achievement has set in motion a virtuous cycle of increased income for beet farmers and improved efficiency for sugar enterprises.