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UP in favour of 12% hike in MSP for sugar to help farmers clear duesThis move can also help sugar mills clear the cane payment to farmers.
South Maharashtra sugar mills will not operate as farmer organisations demand more moneyMills from the Kolhapur region are awaiting clarity over crop prices.
Maharashtra cane acreage may go up 25%; early crushing likelyWe expect the area under sugarcane in Maharashtra to increase to 11.25 lakh hectares.
Maharashtra cane acreage may go up 25%; early crushing likelyOfficials in Maharashtra’s sugar commissionerate said the area under sugarcane cultivation during 2018-19 is expected to be around 11.26 la...
Despite package of Rs 7000 crore, don’t have money to pay cane farmers, say Maharashtra millersAccording to information with the state’s sugar commissionerate, only 77 of the 187 sugar mills have paid all the cane price.
Sugar output in Maharashtra falls to lowest in a decadeAbout 150 sugar mills crushed 372 lakh tonnes of sugarcane during the year, less than half the 743 lakh tonnes crushed in the previous year.
Following govt pressure, sugar prices remain stable for more than a weekThe wholesale price of sugar at the Vashi market has been stable at Rs 39/kg for S 0 grade sugar and at about Rs 40/kg for M30 grade of sug...
Maharashtra may start crushing season from November 1; Devendra Fadanvis says will consider demandThe state's sugar commissionerate imposes a heavy fine of Rs 500/tonne on the mills who begin the crushing operations before the date annou...
Maharashtra government warns sugar mills to clear dues worth Rs 2,000 crore by December 31As some mills paid their first advance lower than the agreed price, SSS had disturbed cane crushing in Kolhapur-Sangli region of Maharashtr...
Maharashtra issues notices to sugar mills on sugarcane fair and remunerative priceMaharashtra Government has issued notices to 107 sugar factories who have not paid fair and remunerative price (FRP) to cane growers.
- Cane sold as fodder may cut sugar output further
Maharashtra govt is paying an attractive price for fodder to be supplied to cattle camps that will be organised to mitigate distress arisin...
- Maharashtra sugar production up 10%
Better availability of labour due to wage hike and an increased use of harvesting machines have helped Maharashtra sugar mills crush more c...
- Private cos set their sights on M’rashtra co-op sugar fiefdom
Competition in Maharashtra’s sugar industry is intensifying as more than 100 applications have been filed for setting up new factories.
- Rains halt cane crushing in Maharashtra
Continuing rain, with overcast skies, has slowed down the sugarcane crushing season in Maharashtra. It has also affected the recovery perce...
- Sugarcane production set to fall on monsoon blues
Initial estimates of sugarcane production in Maharashtra have been revised downwards. The state’s sugar commissionerate now estimates that ...
- State produces 46 l quintal of sugar this crushing season
The sugarcane crushing season in Maharashtra is over with the last two mills having ended crushing on Sunday night. With the formal end of ...
- Mills unlikely to crush full cane this season
Despite sugarcane crushing expected to continue till early June, the state’s sugar commissionerate expects between 8 lakh tonne and 10 lakh...