Uttar Pradesh: Sugarcane shortage likely to end crushing season early - ChinaMandi

AMROHA: THIS YEAR, THE YIELD HAS DECREASED DUE TO THE RED ROT DISEASE ON THE SUGARCANE CROP. Crop production has been badly affected and is directly affecting sugar factories. Therefore, the sugarcane crushing season, which runs from November to April, can end in mid-March. Looking at the situation in Amroha district, sugarcane is being cultivated on an area of more than one lakh hectares. Farmers supply sugarcane to seven sugar factories in the…