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 …
Sugar mills mafia exploits planters
The Pakistan Economy Watch (PEW) on Saturday said powerful sugar mills mafia continue to exploit the sugarcane growers which must …
Govt decides to scrap sugarcane support price
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has decided to do away with the support price mechanism for sugarcane crop and come up with …
Sugar industry faces low-price challenge
Karim Bakhsh Malik, Dr Muhammad Ijaz Tabassum Sugarcane has the largest industrial base after cotton in agricultural sector of Pakistan. …
Govt-set rate continues to elude sugarcane farmers
ISLAMABAD – Sugarcane farmers continued to suffer as the mill owners are not paying them as per government announced rate . The farmers have …
Cabinet refuses to scrap sugarcane purchase receipt system
ISLAMABAD: The cabinet has turned down a request to revoke the previous Pakistan Peoples Party government’s step for timely payments to …
Call to revamp sugarcane sector
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Sugar Mills Association (PSMA) on Thursday called for revamping the whole system of sugarcane sector to protect the interests of …