Page 5 - Sugarcane

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.

UP to impound Bajaj Hindusthan's Rs 1,000 crore to pay sugarcane farmers

Bajaj Hindusthan's power utility dues to be diverted to farmers

No one raises issue of hiking MSP for sugarcane out of fear: Varun Gandhi

He said his party colleagues do not raise such issues as they fear that they will not be given poll tickets

Farm laws done with, sugarcane remains a burning issue with west UP farmers

Sugarcane has a bearing on 100-odd assembly seats in western UP; any let-up in this space could have a serious impact on any political party's chances of forming the government in Lucknow

UP hikes cane SAP by Rs 25 a quintal ahead of polls; farmers say inadequate

Hike which is among the highest under BJP govt in UP, yet may not assuage protesting farmers, many of whom come from the sugarcane growing western part of the state

Uttar Pradesh hikes sugarcane purchase price by Rs 25 per quintal

In a major decision barely months ahead of the upcoming 2022 Assembly elections, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath announced a Rs 25 per quintal hike in the purchase prices of sugarcane in the state.

CACP suggestions on sugar economy ring louder: How does it work?

Gujarat only state to go ahead with staggered payments; issue of area reservation resisted by most states