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Kenya: Uhuru Settles Cane Arrears
2014-09-11 07:46:30| Sugar Industry News
THE government has spent Sh1.1 billion to pay cane farmers' arrears in the sugar belt up to June this year.
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Sugar cane waste means 450 new jobs, $312M capital investment
2014-09-09 14:36:04| Sugar Industry News
PLAQUEMINE, LA (WAFB) - Governor Bobby Jindal and Chief Operating Officer Frank Randazzo of NFR BioEnergy announced the company will make a $312 million capital investment to install biorefineries at more than 10 sugar refining hubs in South Louisiana.
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UP: Cane pricing policy conundrum
2014-09-09 14:36:04| Sugar Industry News
The UP sugar industry is passing through its worst financial crisis ever. The depleted cash reserves of many sugar mills including some becoming sick are clear signs of a beleaguered industry. The situation is so grave that rating agencies have downgraded the credit ratings of almost all sugar companies in UP.
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Exotic and unusual harvesters: Sugar cane
2014-09-08 16:54:44| Sugar Industry News
The earliest sugar cane harvesters date from the 1920s and a single machine could replace up to 100 labourers. In Australia, mechanical harvesters first appeared in the 1950s and were harvesting 85% of the crop by late 1960s. Today that figure is 100%.
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Floods submerge cane fields in North India
2014-08-17 08:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Heavy monsoon rains in India have caused flooding in the country's main sugar producing state Uttar Pradesh, but the full extent of any damage to the crop will not be known until floodwaters recede. There were apprehensions that a slow start to India's monsoon season would trim cane output in the world's second biggest sugar producing nation, but a late revival in rains resulted in higher acreage being planted. However, fresh floods in North India have now raised fears of damage to the cane crop....
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