date:Jul 18, 2014
ut 5 per cent higher sugarcane acreage for 2014-15.
With higher percentage of pre-seasonal crop, mostly in Northern Karnataka, the sugar production in Karnataka is estimated to cross the current years historically highest production.
The acreage in Tamil Nadu is seen to be lower by 7 per cent over last years and with lower rainfall in the last several months, which might impact the recovery adversely, the sugar production may see a further fall from the current years production of around 1.4 m