Cane farmers batten down as global sugar price slumps
date:Aug 30, 2018
,000/t of cane to MSF Sugar.

Its been an excellent growing season, Mr Calcagno said.

We are again having a high sugar content year. Last year it was in the mid-12 CCS range, now we even better this harvest with 13.5 CCS.

CCS (Commercial Cane Sugar) is the measure of how much saleable sugar is in each tonne of cane.

A falling Australian dollar would benefit growers, but it needed to be in the US60c range, he said.

We work on a 1c drop being worth about $7/t.





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