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2013-2014 Sugar Cane Crop Season off to a good start
2014-01-28 07:37:12| Sugar Industry News
The 2013-2014 Sugar Cane Crop Season got off to a late start this past Friday after months of delay. The cane farmers and the Belize Sugar Industries were at odds since September of last year after the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association walked away from the negotiation table when B.S.I. refused to entertain any discussions with farmers about compensation for bagasse. Because of the delay, the industry lost more than ten million dollars and in mid January, both parties finally signed an interim agreement to jumpstart the season. The quota for cane delivery to the mills at Tower Hill is one point two million tons of sugar cane for the season. While in Orange Walk today, News Five got an update from the B.S.C.F.A.\'s Alfredo Ortega on cane deliveries. He says based on the past three days, Ortega says the prognosis is good.
Trans Mara\'s early maturing cane threatens Western sugar belt Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000102676/trans-mara-s-early-maturing-cane-threatens-western-sugar-belt
2014-01-24 07:18:00| Sugar Industry News
KENYA: Kenyans love sugar. To prove it, serve them with any beverage that lacks the ingredient. Read more at: http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000102676/trans-mara-s-early-maturing-cane-threatens-western-sugar-belt
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Cane fires burn industry
2014-01-16 08:26:02| Sugar Industry News
Chairman of the All-Island Jamaica Cane Farmers' Association (AIJCFA), Allan Rickards, has welcomed as long overdue, the announcement by Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke yesterday, that he will be seeking the help of the Jamaica Defence Force to arrest the illicit burning of sugar which is costing farmers and sugar factories millions of dollars in losses each year.
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Brazil Sugar Mills Use Most of Record Cane Crop to Make Ethanol
2014-01-16 08:26:02| Sugar Industry News
Sugar mills in Brazil\'s Center South, which make about 40 percent of global exports, processed the most of a record cane crop into ethanol after prices for the sweetener plunged.
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Sugar tax would hurt 4000 families and the diet industry isn't helping, cane growers say.
2014-01-13 07:37:23| Sugar Industry News
UP to 4000 Queensland families would be devastated by the impact of a sugar tax, according to farmers.
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