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Kenya: Cane Farmers Counting Losses
2014-01-13 07:37:23| Sugar Industry News
CANE farmers from Muhoroni and Nyando Sub-counties want Miwani weighbridge opened to address cases of farmer's exploitation by private millers. Kenya Sugarcane Growers Association Secretary General Richard Ogendo accused private millers for exploiting farmers in the county.
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Cane Farmers and B.S.I. meetwill there be a crop season next week?
2014-01-09 07:11:34| Sugar Industry News
Tonight there is a development up north where the sugar industry has been at a standstill. And there is light at the end of the sugar-cane crop tunnel, as both B.S.I. and the BSCFA have compromised, if only tentatively, on a way forward. Both parties met today in Orange Walk, and the BSCFA presented as a matter of priority an interim agreement. Not surprisingly, the first point on that agreement is the issue of payment for bagasse. B.S.I., again not surprisingly, balked, stating that majority shareholders ASR would not accept the point as it is written, and there would have to be modifications. So that\'s where it all restson those modifications. If all goes well, the agreement would be signed by Monday and the crop season could get underway by Thursday. The clock is ticking and time is running out and both parties are hopeful that the interim agreement paves the way for a crop season to start next week. B.S.I.\'s Belizario Carballo says that B.S.I. has promised the revised interim agreement by this Thursday.
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Cyclone unlikely to affect Indian sugar cane
2013-12-12 06:48:23| Sugar Industry News
Continued dry weather across most of India this week should favour cane dry-down and early harvesting, but rains increase in Tamil Nadu from Tropical Cyclone Madi.
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Kenya: Mumias Cane Farmers Slam Governor, MPs
2013-12-12 06:48:23| Sugar Industry News
MUMIAS sugarcane farmers have accused local leaders of failing to protect Mumias Sugar Company from sugarcane poaching and imports. They said the company has lost more than 800 farmers to other sugar firms in the region.
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Belize Sugar Cane Farmers get tough on B.S.I.
2013-11-14 07:19:21| Sugar Industry News
We have been reporting that there is unease in the sugar industry because the Belize Sugar Industries has closed the door on discussions with the Belize Sugar Cane Farmers Association on revenue sharing in respect of bagasse. The BSCFA says B.S.I. is making millions of dollars in from the bio-fuel used to generate energy fed to the national grid. They also say, there is an agreement with B.S.I. on revenue sharing and the farmers are asking for ten dollars per ton of sugar cane brought to the mills. The BSCFA has upped the ante saying that it has a mandate from the farmers that unless they sign an agreement that involves bagasse, they will not be delivering any sugar when the next crop season opens on November twenty-fifth. The situation could deteriorate because farmers are not likely to sit back quietly. The BSCFA told News Five that it is meeting with its board members this Thursday to further review B.S.I.\'s position and that a follow up meeting will be held with their attorneys.
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