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Farmers resist early sugarcane crushing
Pune: Farmers' organisations in Maharashtra and Karnataka are resisting the government's push for an early start to sugarcane crushing to ensure adequate sugar supplies during Diwali, demanding compensation for lower recovery and higher sugar and ethanol prices before mills begin operations.They have urged mills and farmers not to begin harvesting and crushing until their demands are accepted, claiming that crushing immature cane will reduce output and sugar recovery, increasing losses for farm…
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