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Sugar production to fall 5% to 34 mn tonnes in 2022-23 marketing year: ISMA

India's sugar production is estimated to fall 5 per cent during 2022-23 marketing year ending September to 340 lakh tonnes as more quantity of sugarcane juice is being diverted for production of ethanol, according to industry body ISMA. Sugar production stood at 358 lakh tonnes in the 2021-22 marketing year (October-September). In a statement, Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) said sugar production in 2022-23 is estimated at around 340 lakh tonnes after diversion of 45 lakh tonnes of sweetener towards ethanol manufacturing. Sugarcane juice/syrup and B-molasses are being diverted to ethanol making. In the previous 2021-22 marketing year, 32 lakhs tonnes of sweetener were diverted towards manufacturing of ethanol for blending with petrol. Based on the images of harvested and balance area, field visits, current trend of yields and sugar recoveries, ISMA has released its second advance estimates of sugar production for 2022-23. The actual sugar production in Maharashtra is estimat

Paddy, sugarcane payments top Rs 20,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh

The total farm payments are expected to more than double at the end of the respective marketing cycles

Need a balanced approach

Sugar sector's success has environmental risks

Ethanol pipeline gets Rs 16K-crore investment bid in Uttar Pradesh

According to the proposals, the companies will set up distilleries, breweries, microbrewery, malt and yeast manufacturing plants, etc.

Sugar industry MSME margins hit by flat product prices: CRISIL SME TRACKER

Globally, supply is expected to ease as output in Brazil and Thailand, both major producers, is likely to revive

Tamil Nadu farmers demand govt to distribute sugarcane through ration shops

Sugarcane farmers of Tamil Nadu have demanded that the state government procure sugarcane directly from the farmers and distribute it through ration shops during Pongal

Sugar production may see marginal fall in 2022-23 on extended rains

Industry players said the prime reason for a slight drop in output is due to the fact that the sugarcane crushing season started late

Uttar Pradesh crosses Rs 12,000 crore mark in the ethanol economy

UP govt is trying to integrate the sugarcane crop with lucrative ethanol value chain in order to provide fair prices to the farmers and protect the sector from the cyclical nature of the sugar market

Sugarcane production in India shifting from South to North: NSO report

Although Maharashtra is the leading sugar producer in the country, Uttar Pradesh has the highest sugarcane output value in the country

Sugarcane dues: Farmers block national highway in Punjab's Phagwara

Farmers protesting over the non-payment of sugarcane dues for the past four days here blocked the second side of the Jalandhar-Ludhiana stretch of the national highway on Friday.

Paddy acreage still down 13%, triggers final output fall concerns

In several states, farmers have already moved on to other short-duration crops such as pulses and coarse cereals abandoning paddy

Govt relaxes sugar export quota for 2021-22; allows extra 1.2 MT shipments

Sugar mills have already exported nearly 10 million tonnes so far -- an all-time high -- in the current marketing year. The industry has been demanding that the export cap should be enhanced.

Centre hikes sugarcane FRP by Rs 15 per quintal for 2022-23 season

Following the Cabinet decision, the FRP of Rs 305 per quintal is linked to a basic recovery rate of 10.25 per cent

Rs 15/quintal hike in sugarcane FRP to Rs 305 per quintal for FY23 season

The decision will benefit around 50 mn sugarcane farmers and their dependents, as well as about 500,000 workers employed in sugar mills and related ancillary activities

Sugar output may fall; still there'll be 8 mt surplus for exports: ISMA

ISMA estimates that the diversion of cane juice and B-molasses to ethanol shall cut sugar production by about 4.5 mt during the next marketing year.

India's sugar output in 2022-23 may dip slightly to 35.5 mn tonnes: ISMA

As per ISMA, sugar production in 2022-23 is estimated at 355 lakh tons as against 360 lakh tons in current marketing year ending September due to diversion of sugarcane towards ethanol manufacturing

Pay Rs 22 cr dues to cane growers by selling mill property: Punjab min

Punjab Agriculture Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal directed officials to sell the property of a sugar mill to make pending payments to the cane growers

Uttar Pradesh govt's new sugarcane order faces flak from banks

Data sourced from various agencies show that as on February 16, 2022, in UP around Rs 5,356 crore of sugarcane dues are still to be paid to the farmers for cane purchased from them.

Uttar Pradesh govt's new sugarcane order faces flak from banks

Data sourced from various agencies show that as on February 16, 2022, in UP around Rs 5,356 crore of sugarcane dues are still to be paid to the farmers for cane purchased from them.

Sugar output up 6% till Feb 15 in 2021-22 marketing year, says ISMA

India's sugar production hiked by 6% from Oct 1 to Feb 15 in 2021-22 marketing year at 220.91 lakh tonnes on higher sugarcane production while exports jumped till Jan at 31.5 lakh tonnes, says ISMA.