PUNE: Despite sugarcane crushing expected to continue till early June, the state’s sugar commissionerate expects between 8 lakh tonne and 10 lakh tonne to remain uncrushed. This is about the same as the last crushing season.
“During the 2007-08 crushing season, 171 sugar mills operated and so far, they have crushed about 702.1 lakh tonnes of cane, producing 84.1 lakh tonnes sugar, at 11.9% recovery. By the end of this year’s crushing season, which is expected to end by the first week of June, the state’s factories should be able to crush a total of 780 lakh tonnes of cane. However, this will still leave between 8-10 lakh tonnes of cane uncrushed,” Rajagopal Devara, the state’s sugar commissioner, said.
The Marathwada region has the largest amount of uncrushed sugar cane, which is a repeat of what happened in the preceding year, 2006-07. Along with Marathwada, other regions where large stocks of cane are unlikely to be crushed are Solapur, Ahmednagar, Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule, etc.
In a move aimed at reducing the uncrushed cane, the sugar commissionerate has diverted 14.6 lakh tonne cane to those factories which had less cane in their own region so that their capacities were also utilised for longer periods.
Sugar mills have been informed that they will have to get clearances from the sugar commissionerate before stopping crushing operations. This is part of the state government’s move to ensure that the maximum amouont of cane is crushed before the monsoons end the crushing season.
During the last crushing season, mills crushed 730.9 lakh tonnes of cane to produce 84.3 lakh tonnes of sugar, with a recovery of 11.5%. This year, despite approximately 28 lakh tonne lower sugarcane being crushed, thanks to a .50% rise in recovery levels, sugar production is at comparable levels.
“During the 2007-08 crushing season, 171 sugar mills operated and so far, they have crushed about 702.1 lakh tonnes of cane, producing 84.1 lakh tonnes sugar, at 11.9% recovery. By the end of this year’s crushing season, which is expected to end by the first week of June, the state’s factories should be able to crush a total of 780 lakh tonnes of cane. However, this will still leave between 8-10 lakh tonnes of cane uncrushed,” Rajagopal Devara, the state’s sugar commissioner, said.
The Marathwada region has the largest amount of uncrushed sugar cane, which is a repeat of what happened in the preceding year, 2006-07. Along with Marathwada, other regions where large stocks of cane are unlikely to be crushed are Solapur, Ahmednagar, Nashik, Jalgaon, Dhule, etc.
In a move aimed at reducing the uncrushed cane, the sugar commissionerate has diverted 14.6 lakh tonne cane to those factories which had less cane in their own region so that their capacities were also utilised for longer periods.
Sugar mills have been informed that they will have to get clearances from the sugar commissionerate before stopping crushing operations. This is part of the state government’s move to ensure that the maximum amouont of cane is crushed before the monsoons end the crushing season.
During the last crushing season, mills crushed 730.9 lakh tonnes of cane to produce 84.3 lakh tonnes of sugar, with a recovery of 11.5%. This year, despite approximately 28 lakh tonne lower sugarcane being crushed, thanks to a .50% rise in recovery levels, sugar production is at comparable levels.
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