13 Jan 2014 --- In the first three quarters of the 2013|14 financial year, AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG registered a slight increase in Group revenue from the prior-year comparative period (up 1.2% to €2,416.9 million). At €158.6 million, operating profit before exceptional items was less than the record year-earlier figure (€204.3 million); the primary reason for the reduction was that selling prices in the Sugar and Starch segments eased ever since the summer.