The last number is---Wow!-- 1.8 million tons-- a near record." "We've been blessed with good yields this year,” says John Hebert of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Cooperative, “and fair weather, too.

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Indian mills have produced 9.54 million metric tons of sugar since the season began on Oct. 1, down 15.5% year-on-year, a leading industry body said on Thursday, as cane yields fell in the three ...

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Even when sugar prices had crashed, consumption did not fall," he said. Traders say mills in India have produced about 14.8 million tonnes of sugar in 2008/09, 44 percent lower than a year ago.

But a 15% drop in cane yields could bring down Maharashtra's sugar production to 11.7 million tonnes, said a senior official of a sugar mill and a dealer with a trade house.

Besides high yields, the new variety also has a high sugar content of about 15.5 tonnes per acre of harvested cane compared to other types that fetch yields of less than 13 tonnes per acre.