date:Dec 20, 2018
to the previous season. But sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh started their crushing this year slightly later as compared to last year, and hence have produced less sugar than the previous sugar season at the same time.
Due to lower than normal rainfall and heavy infestation of white grub in several sugarcane-growing districts of Maharashtra, sugar production in some of the important sugarcane growing areas in the state will be adversely affected, and therefore, it is expected to produce less than