date:Apr 29, 2016
e crushing to the extremely dry weather observed in the first half of the month.
By the end of the reported period, 205 mills were up and running for the season, compared with only 165 during the first half of the year.
The dry weather is also increasing the proportion of sugar available in the cane, Unica said.
Bumper season
Unica announced its first forecasts for this season.
The cane body forecast Centre South sugar production over 2016-17 at 33.5-35.0m tonnes.
This is up from 2015-16 p