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March 11, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/OD1Qxs

Biosecurity is a major concern in any agricultural industry and this year Sugar Research Australia is furthering its research into major threats posed to cane, according to the Australian Broadcasting Corp.

The focus is primarily on two potential threats in particular, which have not yet reached Australia but have…

March 11, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/t8XcGf

The European Commission appears unlikely to move rapidly to alleviate tight sugar supplies in the EU, with any action expected to be delayed until the summer, according to Reuters.

High internal sugar prices following the lowest beet harvest in more than four decades in 2015/16 have sparked speculation that the EU…

March 11, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/DBJojq

In a bid to boost mechanization in the local sugar cane industry, the government is set to sign next month an agreement of technical cooperation with the agricultural engineering research unit in Italy, according to the Philippines’ Business World.

The Sugar Regulatory Administration's (SRA) agreement with the Unita…

March 10, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/R7ynuw

UK oil group BP plc, which says it has the largest operated renewables business among its oil and gas peers, increased its ethanol production by 47% last year compared to 2014, according to SeeNews.

The company's renewables activities consist of a biofuels business in Brazil and an onshore wind business in the US…

March 9, 2016 Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/b39ffY

The only International Standards Organization (ISO) certification in Negros Occidental given to a Bacolod-based private laboratory will also boost the province's sugar industry, particularly in the creation of standards for the production of sugar, said Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) chief Ma. Regina Martin, according…