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August 4, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/Di6kmO

Nineteen pilot block farms showed an average increase from 50.78 Tons Cane per Hectare (TC/Ha) to 65.29 TC/Ha, or a 29% increase in farm productivity in crop year 2013/14 after being enrolled in the block farming program for a year, says the Sugar Regulatory Administration, according to the Philippines' Visayan Daily Star…

August 3, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/ojUybi

The plantation area under India's summer crop has risen 9% this year thanks to higher-than-expected rainfall, signaling prospects of an increase in farm output this season, reports Dow Jones.

The area under cultivation of major summer crops such as rice, sugar cane, lentils and oilseeds expanded to 76.4 million…

August 3, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/0Usq9m

Raw sugar prices broke below 11 cents a pound for the first time in six-and-a-half years Monday as the Brazilian real continued its slide against the dollar, according to Dow Jones.

Brazil is the biggest producer of the sweetener in the world, and when the real weakens against the dollar, the favourable exchange rate…

July 30, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/ZUJB9E

Weaker domestic hydrous fuel ethanol prices for distributors translated into more competitive retail prices in southeast Brazil in the week ended July 25, the latest data from the country's National Petroleum Agency, or ANP, showed, reports Platts.

Southeast region hydrous fuel ethanol prices averaged 61.9% of the…

July 30, 2015Sugaronline | http://goo.gl/0UT8Q4

An El Nino weather pattern damaging sugar crops may mean global demand will outstrip production to a greater extent than expected in the upcoming season, hastening a rebound in prices from a 6-1/2 year low hit last month, according to Reuters.

Drought has already begun to threaten production in number two exporter…