
This season’s sugar production is at a five-year low.
According to the sugar industry, mill production of sugar, net of ethanol diversion, is expected to drop 7% annually to a five-year low of 29.5 million tonnes (MT) in the 2024–25 season (October–September). Red-rot illnesses that have affected yield in portions of Uttar Pradesh and a decreased recovery rate due to insufficient monsoon rainfall in…