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Indian cabinet approved a proposal to give subsidies to cane farmers for produce they sell to sugar mills, a government source said, as part of efforts to help growers and companies struggling with a glut.
It is reported by Reuters.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration decided to give 55 rupees ($0.82) for every tonne of cane sold to the mills.
As a drop in local sugar prices to their...
Brazil's center-south, the world's largest sugar producing region, sped up harvesting in the first half of April, crushing a quarter more cane than in the same period a year earlier, industry group Unica said on Wednesday.
It is reported by Reuters.
Mills crushed 22,21 million tonnes of cane in the first two weeks of April versus 17,7 million tonnes a year earlier, allocating 68,5 percent of that cane to ethanol prod...
In India government is unlikely to give any export subsidy to sugar mills even as it has asked mills to give priority to clear sugar arrears to farmers, which has mounted to more than Rs 18,000 crore.
It is reported by The Economic Times.
«At present there is no proposal by the government to give any export subsidy to sugar mills», — a food ministry official said. «Our co...
Tamil Nadu will continue to under perform in sugar output as planting acreages remain stagnant across major cane growing districts.
It is reported by BusinessLine.
This means the coming 2018-19 sugar season (October-September) will continue to be lacklustre though there could be a small improvement in output. It also means that...
France's farm ministry on Tuesday estimated that farmers would sow 483,000 hectares of sugar beet for the 2018 harvest, little changed from 486,000 hectares in 2017.
It is reported by Reuters.
In a crop report, the total barley area was pegged at 1,85 million hectares, down from 1,91 million hectares last year. This included 502,000 hectares of spring...
Poor weather has hindered the start of sugar beet sowing in Germany, the European Union's second largest beet producer, but the sowed area is likely to be similar to last year, the head of Germany's sugar industry association WVZ said on Monday.
It is reported by Reuters.
«Sowings of sugar beet has started this year with a significant delay, — said association CEO Guenter Tissen, — In some regions the delay has now r...
Brazil's sugarcane industry on Thursday took aim at policies undertaken by Pakistan and India to protect local producers and boost sugar exports, arguing they could further depress global prices.
It is reported by Reuters.
Pakistan, whose stature as a sugar producer has been growing in recent years, in January quadrupled the volume of sugar eligible for export subsidies to 2 million tonnes...
A damp, cold start to spring is holding up sugar beet planting in the European Union, raising an early question mark over harvest prospects after last year’s bumper crop.
It is reported by Reuters.
EU sugar beet production surged last year after farmers increased the planted area ahead of the ending of the bloc’s sugar quota system, and as favourable weather b...
Brazil’s Copersucar, the world’s largest sugar merchant, expects sugar output to fall by 5 million tonnes in the new center-south cane crop that starts in April, as mills earmark more cane to ethanol production instead.
It is reported by Reuters.
Copersucar, who partners with Cargill Inc in the world’s largest sugar trader Alvean, said mills in center-south should allocate only 41,5 percent of cane to sugar...
In Southern India sugar mills are reeling under low production and extremely low cane crushing capacity utilisation.
It is reported by SmartInvestor.
While drought has resulted in low capacity utilisation due to lower cane availability, the mills are also having to deal with increasing fixed cost and price falls,...
