date:May 29, 2014
over the harvest further ahead.
Besides the threat of an El Nino weather pattern, which typically brings excess rain to the Centre South, there are doubts over the quality of the region's cane which will be cut later in the season, after the early-2014 drought hurt crop development.
The cane which will be harvested later, in July, August September, has still failed to develop, Marex said.
In fact, it is more stunted than ever. It is hard to say if rain now would be beneficial, giving cane a l