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Maharashtra: Sugarcane crushing delayed in Solapur as farmers demand better prices

October 29, 2022 10:27 am

The farmers, under the banner of the Solapur Zilla Ooshdar Sangharsha Samiti, are demanding a first installment payment of Rs 2,500/tonne and a final payment of Rs 3,100/tonne.

Punjab: Sugarcane price hiked to Rs 380 per quintal

October 04, 2022 8:23 am

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann announced a hike in SAP (state agreed price) of sugarcane on the floor of the Punjab Assembly on the concluding day of its brief session.

Sugar industry bets big on ethanol, expects dip of 20 lakh tonne in production of sweetener in 2020-21

October 08, 2020 11:27 am

Abinash Verma, director general of Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) — the apex body of private sugar millers in the country — said they have predicted a dip of 15 lakh tonnes of sugar for production of ethanol.

Maharashtra: To push retail sale by mills, sugar commissioner writes to district collectors & Zilla Parishads

March 24, 2019 9:37 am

As of March 15, sugar mills have managed to pay Rs 14, 881.01 crore of the Rs 20,653.02 crore they owed to farmers as the fair and remunerative price (FRP). But, with over Rs 5,000 crore in cane dues, millers face possible action from the officer of the sugar commissioner.

Farmers in parched village switch from sugarcane to gerbera flowers

July 16, 2015 1:43 am

Farming of gerbera in Padoli is taking place in a controlled environment under polyhouses.

Pune heading for showdown as meeting to resolve Sugarcane price fails

November 24, 2013 12:01 pm

Fate of the price of sugar hangs on basic factors such as the global and national surplus.

State to taste sweet rise in sugar production

April 17, 2014 4:12 pm

It’s going to be a sweet season for Punjab as the sugar production in the state is set to rise by nearly 20 per cent as compared to last year.

Gujarat factories federation rejects Centre’s FRP for sugarcane,says it’s too low

November 21, 2009 4:29 am

Farmers in Uttar Pradesh are fighting it out to get better prices for their sugarcane crop.

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