date:Jun 12, 2014
cessed 2.4% less crop than in the first half of last month.
While sugar output showed a 6.2% increase, as mills switched more production to the sweetener rather than ethanol, the cumulative total for 2014-15 so far remains below that last year.
Centre South mills have produced 5.44m tonnes so far in the season, which started in April, down 3.6% year on year.
And there are concerns that production will continue to lag, with Unica cautioning over a drop in cane yields, and the prospect of this