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.