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| Farmers to bring more land under cane on high SMP | 04-JUL-09 |
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| Encouraged by the government’s decision to raise the statutory minimum price (SMP) of sugarcane, farmers are planning to bring back the area diverted last year to other remunerative crops, including oilseeds and cotton, under cane cultivation. |
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| Govt won't relax sugar import norms | 15-DEC-08 |
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| The government has ruled out easing sugar import guidelines even as the industry stands split on the demand for liberalising the norms. |
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| Bitter harvest for mills as sugar prices decline | 27-NOV-06 |
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| Millers in the state may face problems if sugar prices fall below their current levels amidst the estimated increased sugar production. Even the probability of lifting of ban on sugar export looks |
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| Maharashtra mills begin crushing | 15-NOV-06 |
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| Following the settlement between sugarcane growers and crushers on the cane pricing issue in Kolhapur district, the Maharashtra-wide stir by growers has started weakening and 104 sugar factories in |
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| Sugar bodies see 15% production loss | 06-NOV-06 |
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| Sugar cooperatives in Maharashtra are expecting a production loss of 15 per cent owing to a delay in crop harvesting following unseasonal rains in the state.
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| Spot sugar slips to 16-month low | 14-OCT-06 |
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| Spot sugar prices slipped to a sixteen-month low at Rs 1,766.50 a quintal (S-30) and Rs 1,795 a quintal (M-30) on Friday. Subdued demand on the back of oversupply has pushed the prices down, turning |
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| Maharashtra farmers smitten by sugarcane | 04-AUG-06 |
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| Farmers in Maharashtra are shifting their focus from cultivation of other agri-products to sugarcane. This is in expectation of higher realisations from increasing demand and an estimated 30 per cent |
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