Shortage of diesel exacerbated by rising price increases has impacted cane harvesting in Argentina, according to local press reports. The shortage is blamed on supply chain disruptions from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
USA – Pandemic-impacted lack of access to accurate weather forecasts hampering sugar beet harvest [Full subscriber]
With the 2020/21 campaign underway in the sugar beet belt, farmers, depending on accurate long-term forecasts to support harvesting operations are stifled by their relative inaccessibility due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to local press reports.
USA – Over 58,000 ha of beet unharvested due to inclement weather [Full subscriber]
The sugar beet harvest as of Nov. 3 was the slowest on record since 2000, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its Nov. 15 Sugar and Sweeteners Outlook. Rain and snow pelted crops in September and October. That was followed by a blizzard, and then warm temperatures that left fields a boggy mess. Next came a deep freeze, ruining the underground sugar beet crop, and dealing a harsh blow to farm incomes.
Philippines – Lack of farm labour contributes to drop in 2017/18 sugar output by 16% [Full subscriber]
2017/18 sugar output in the Philippines may decline by 16% to sink to a 7-year low of 2.1 million tonnes due to lack of sugarcane cutters and reduced yield, according to the Philippine Sugar Millers Association (PSMA).
UK – Sugar factories struggling to process bumper beet crop [Full subscriber]
British Sugar’s factories are battling to process the bumper sugar beet harvest – with growers complaining that their crops are not moving from their clamps, according to Farmers Weekly.
Jamaican government to invest over US$7.8 mln in the sugar industry [Registered]
The Jamaican government is planning to invest more than JM$1 billion (US$7.8 mln) through the Sugar Transformation Project to develop a sustainable private-sector-led sugar industry, according to local press reports.
Australia – Cane industry granted R&D funding of US$4 mln to reduce harvest losses [Registered]
The cane industry recently received a research investment boost of AU$5.5 mln (US$4 mln) from the government to address the costly and significant problem of sugarcane harvest losses.
Fiji – Labour shortages beginning to impact sugar industry’s future [Registered]
The General Secretary Fiji Cane Growers Association Bala Dass the majority of the 12 thousand active sugar cane farmers are over 50 years old, and the industry is unable to attract young people as they shun the hard work in cane fields opting instead for white collar jobs that pays regularly.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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