Russia's second sugar beet test for 2007, carried out on July 11, showed an average root weight of 116 Grammies, compared to 115 Grammies in the same test last year, the Russian Sugar Producers' Union said on Monday.
Russia has sown 1.037 million hectares with sugar beet this year, up 3.4 percent from last year's acreage. Sugar beet tests are normally carried out every 10 days from July 1 to September with the next test expected to be on July 21.
The sugar content is not checked until the third test of the season. Final data on the density of sugar beet plantings will be obtained during the August 21 test.