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November 17, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/hGBVNG

Raw sugar futures fell sharply on Wednesday with funds scaling back long positions as the market digested a large delivery against the whites contract and production data from Centre-South Brazil which was higher than many had expected, according to Reuters.

March raw sugar was off 0.76 cent, or 3.5%, at 20.…

November 17, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/UrHGn2

Sugar prices plunged Wednesday as investment funds ran for the exit amid wild currency swings in Brazil and China that were churning the global sweetener market, according to Dow Jones.

Raw-sugar futures for March delivery fell 3.7% to settle at 20.36 cents a pound on the ICE Futures U.S. exchange,…

November 17, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/H0JthL

Large sugar and ethanol groups in Brazil intend to start using "energy cane" on an industrial scale in some of their mills in 2017, according to Brazil's Valor Econômico newspaper.

Energy cane is a variety of sugarcane initially developed to be the raw material for production of cellulosic ethanol and…

November 17, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/wutldt

Consumers now have to weigh what to purchase and leave out on their daily shopping lists as tough times hit hard, according to Uganda's Monitor newspaper.

 This is so because prices of most commodities have escalated in several parts of the country as a result of shortage in supply.

Sugar, one of the…

November 17, 2016 (Sugaronline) | https://goo.gl/Tuhsb6

On Tuesday, the European Commission presented to the Agriculture and Fisheries Council the results of an economic study carried out by the Joint Research Centre on the "cumulative effects of concessions made in the context of free trade agreements on the EU agricultural sector," reports Sugaronline.

The study…