CropsZuko Godlimpi told a grower finance workshop that smallholders should be helped to pool their land to become bankable, and that existing funds should be better aligned before new money is sought.
CropsHaryana raised its State Advised Price for sugarcane by Rs 15 to Rs 430 a quintal for 2026-27 and promised Rs 450 for 2027-28, short of the Rs 500 farmer groups had sought.
Agtech startup Bug Bug has shrunk its AI acoustic pest detector to palm size and cut the full kit to about US$100, ahead of a year-long trial in Indonesian sugarcane.
CropsFarmer leaders from 15 sugarcane districts and delegates of 81 mills met in Belagavi after weeks of highway blockades, with a state-wide shutdown threatened for 27 October if talks failed.
CropsNatore Sugar Mill has fired its boiler and will crush 90,000 tonnes of cane over 65 days from 13 November to make 5,580 tonnes of sugar; the cane price is up Tk 26 a quintal.
About 1.5 million people cut sugarcane in India for around 400 rupees for a 14-hour day; with no leave even during menstruation, many women from Beed in Maharashtra have their wombs removed. A 2019 state survey found 13,861 hysterectomies among 82,309 women cane workers.
CropsAfter an August spike driven by lower output estimates, hoarding and festive demand, duty-free imports, stock limits and an earlier crush have reversed the market while cane costs keep rising.
CropsThe All India Kisan Sabha says the official Rs 365 cane price understates costs, wants sugar's minimum selling price raised from Rs 31 to Rs 50 a kg, and calls for MSP at C2+50% on all crops.
CropsSirajganj aimed to grow cane on about 10,000 hectares across nine upazilas; after a good harvest crushing has begun and pure jaggery is selling at Tk 200 to 250 a kilo.
AgribusinessA 13% monsoon shortfall has cut kharif output, drought is declared in 491 talukas of Maharashtra and Karnataka, tractor sales are falling and gram prices are heading for Rs 100 a kg, Rural Voice reports, as farmers wait for relief.
CropsIndia has formed a committee under former NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand to examine sugarcane farmers' demands on returns, the minimum selling price of sugar, recovery testing, weighment and deductions for machine-harvested cane.
CropsThe early-maturing sugarcane variety CoS.23232, released in September, sold out its first online allocation of single-bud planting material within minutes, and the state's cane research council is speeding up multiplication with tissue culture.
CropsUSDA's office in New Delhi now expects India to make 29.5 million tonnes of sugar in 2026-27, down from 33.6 million, as a rainfall deficit, waterlogging and red borer cut cane yields and sugar recovery.
