• Single-desk sugar marketing suffers 'shattering blow' Single-desk sugar marketing suffers 'shattering blow'

    It's a case of another day, and another major foreign-owned milling company pulling out of Queensland's century-old sugar export pool. Tully Sugar, under the ownership of the Chinese state-controlled COFCO group, has announced it will follow the lead of Wilmar and MFS Sugar in cutting ties with Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL) in 2017.

    Jun 30, 2014

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  • Another miller pulls the pin on sugar export pool Another miller pulls the pin on sugar export pool

    The bitter divide over Australia's export sugar future has deepened, with another major milling company announcing it will quit the marketing pool. The country's largest sugar producer, Wilmar, served notice earlier this year it would leave Queensland Sugar Limited (QSL), and now the Thai-owned MSF Sugar will also 'go it alone' after the 2016 season.

    Jun 29, 2014

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  • UPDATE 1-Dry weather hastens Brazil sugar output but hurts maturing crop - Unica UPDATE 1-Dry weather hastens Brazil sugar output but hurts maturing crop - Unica

    (Adds quotes from Unica director, data on sugar and ethanol output) (Reuters) - Brazil's main center-south cane crop produced 2.33 million tonnes of sugar in the first half of June, on the high end of market expectations and up from the 2.03 million tonnes in late May, the main sugar and ethanol lobby Unica said on Wednesday.

    Jun 25, 2014

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  • Minister offers to play 'marriage counsellor' in sugar feud Minister offers to play 'marriage counsellor' in sugar feud

    The Queensland Agriculture Minister says he's willing to play 'marriage counsellor' in the bitter battle over sugar marketing. John McVeigh is calling on the major players in the state's sugar industry to settle the feud prompted by Wilmar's decision to split from the century-old single desk marketing arrangements.

    Jun 24, 2014

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  • UPDATE 1-India to raise import duty on sugar, promote exports UPDATE 1-India to raise import duty on sugar, promote exports

    * Climb in import duty would hit supplies from Brazil, Thailand * Indian sugar prices climb on announcement * Govt also raises mandatory level for blending ethanol in gasoline (Adds comment, detail) By Mayank Bhardwaj and Ratnajyoti Dutta

    Jun 23, 2014

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  • El Nino Seen Delayed by Australia as Ocean Warming Eases El Nino Seen Delayed by Australia as Ocean Warming Eases

    Australia remains on El Nino alert even as a slowing in Pacific Ocean warming may push back the onset of the weather event that brings drought to the Asia-Pacific region and heavier-than-usual rains to South America. While there has been some easing in the outlook, climate models indicate an El Nino will probably develop by spring, which begins in September in Australia, the Bureau of Meteorology said on its website today. The alert indicates at least a 70 percent chance of the event developing this year, it said. The bureau had said June 3 that the pattern would be established by August.

    Jun 18, 2014

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  • Rain halts start to northern sugar crush Rain halts start to northern sugar crush

    Unseasonal wet, cold weather has halted the start of the sugar crush in Queensland's north. Five mills between Cairns and Home Hill, south of Townsville, were to begin this week, but cane harvesters have been unable to get into sodden cane paddocks after falls of up to 100 millimetres over the long weekend

    Jun 10, 2014

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  • El Nino Threatening Monsoon in India to Curb Crop Outlook El Nino Threatening Monsoon in India to Curb Crop Outlook

    Monsoon rainfall in India, the main source of irrigation for the nation’s 263 million farmers, will be below normal this year as El Nino emerges, weakening prospects for crops from rice to soybeans and sugar and potentially boosting inflation.

    Jun 9, 2014

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