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Sustainability of black farmers is crucial for SA’s sugar industry

February 23, 2025

https://www.sanews.gov.za/south-africa/sustainability-black-farmers-crucial-sas-sugar-industry

Government is committed to ensuring that the more than 24 000 black small-scale sugarcane farmers remain an integral part of the multi-billion-rand sugar industry, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen said.

The industry is the bedrock of rural economies in KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga.

Season 2024-25: 38 sugar mills end crushing operations in Maharashtra

21 February 2025

https://www.chinimandi.com/season-2024-25-38-sugar-mills-end-crushing-operations/

Sugar mills in major regions of Maharashtra, including Kolhapur, Solapur, Nanded, Pune, and Ahilyanagar, have begun ending their sugarcane crushing operations. However, mills in the Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Amravati, and Nagpur regions have yet to conclude their crushing operations.