FAISALABAD – Ayub Agricultural Research Institute (AARI) has introduced three new varieties of sugarcane which would give 40 percent more …
Sugarcane cultivation should be started from February
FAISALABAD – Growers have been advised to start the cultivation of sugarcane from first week of February and complete it …
Climate change poses threat to sugarcane crop
MULTAN – Climate change is affecting production of sugarcane and there is dire need to develop such varieties as could …
Sugar mills non committal to payment schedule to farmers
MUZAFFARGARH: Sugarcane farmers have been waiting for the release of their payments for the last three weeks from the Tandliawala …
Millers refuse to start cane crushing
ISLAMABAD: Sugar millers across the country have decided not to start cane crushing, alleging ‘dictated cane price which offers no …
Sugarcane crop: Sindh govt orders mills to start crushing by month-end
KARACHI: The Sindh government has ordered sugar millers to commence crushing by November 30, but it has not yet set a …
Sept suitable for sugarcane cultivation
FAISALABAD: – Agricultural experts have advised growers to cultivate sugarcane crop during the month of September as this month is most suitable …
Government considering reducing sugar export subsidy
Apart from this, the millers have also earned around Rs50 billion from the export of the sweetener. Top government officials …
Sugar glut in India bad news for industry, farmers
The lack of a market-linked procurement mechanism for sugarcane is coming back to haunt the government, industry and investors. …
Chronic sugar surplus could drive processing consolidation
The growing global sugar surplus as production outstrips consumption, means that there will have to be some consolidation of processing …
Brazil cane industry blasts Pakistan, India sugar export policies
BRASILIA: Brazil’s sugarcane industry on Thursday took aim at policies undertaken by Pakistan and India to protect local producers and …