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January 29, 2015 Agrimoney

The world sugar market is poised for the first of what could be "several years" of production shortfall, as the poor finances of many mills finally hits home, Green Pool said.

The Australia-based analysis group, the day after lifting its forecast for the global sugar output surplus in 2014-15 to 1.73m tonnes, said in its first forecast for next season that the market faces…

January 29, 2015 Sugaronline

Sugar millers in Thailand and Australia, the world's second and third largest sugar exporters, will convene a meeting in Udon Thani, where they will exchange view on latest market movements and non-tariff barriers, according to Thailand's the Nation newspaper.

Attending the 8th Thailand-Australia Sugar Dialogue will also be representatives of sugar cane farmers and the…

January 29, 2015  

Datagro says the sugarcane crop in Brazil's centre-south states is developing normally so far this year despite a lack of rain in much of the region, according to Dow Jones.

Brazil is the world's biggest producer and exporter of sugar, and the centre-south grows about 90% of the country's sugar cane. The drought cut sugarcane production in the 2014/15 growing season,…

January 28, 2015 Sugaronline

With Cabinet having already approved the financing for the multipurpose sugar factory, Minister of Agriculture, Dr. David Estwick says he is set to meet stakeholders as early as Wednesday to discuss Government's five to ten-year plan to sustain both the sugar and non-sugar aspects of agriculture, according to Barbados' Advocate newspaper.

Dr. Estwick told those…

January 27, 2015 The Visayan Daily Star, By Gilbert Bayoran

Sugar is still a very good business with productivity doing well, despite the implementation of the Asean Free Trade Area agreement starting this month, Sugar Regulatory Administrator Ma. Regina Bautista-Martin said yesterday.

“The price is still very competitive inspite (of the fact) that the world market is heavy on surplus, on sugar,”…