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Covering global trade issues, mergers and acquisitions, crop reports and more en-gb Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 Copyright: (C) 2006 Wayne Jayes http://www.sugartech.co.za/ads/SEL120x60.gif http://www.sugartech.co.za/ Demolition work has started at the disused British Sugar factory in York which closed down last year with the loss of 100 jobs. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/7385019.stm Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 The former head of Fiji\'s Sugar Cane Growers Council has accused the interim government of taking any measure necessary to crush those who oppose the military regime. http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2237060.htm?tab=latest Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 With national security on everyone\'s mind and the average retail price of gasoline nearing an inflation-adjusted high of $3.40 a gallon, analysts have touted Brazil as an example the United States should follow on the path to \"energy independence.\" http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080507/COMMENTARY/381443705 Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 ATHENS (AFP) - Biofuels must be developed more selectively to prevent competition with food-related crops, but they are still an answer to climate change, United Nations and European Union officials said on Tuesday. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080506/sc_afp/greeceuneufoodpoverty Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 The odor from the American Crystal Sugar plant in East Grand Forks will return this weekend, company officials told Grand Forks City Council members. http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=75610 Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 The public hearing over the controversial sugar project in the Tana Delta district started Tuesday with the supporters and opponents of the investment coming face to face to argue their cases. http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=122632 Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 COSTA RICA, Brazil – The other side of ethanol, vilified as a cause of soaring food prices and hunger, can be seen in Brazil, where farmers are pushing down energy costs – both at the pump and the electricity meter. http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/050608dnbusethanol.39bab41.html Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 Sugar mills in Maharashtra, the country\'s largest sugar producing state, are operating at an alarmingly low recovery rate of 4-5 per cent following the government\'s threat of stern action in case they leave crop untouched in their allocated cane area. http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=322116 Wed, 07 May 2008 08:34:12 +0200 A Swedish company, SEKAB is working to help Tanzania and Mozambique to become free of their dependence on oil and significantly increasing their production of electric power and exporting several billion litres of ethanol within 20 years. http://allafrica.com/stories/200805051498.html Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 Officials of the federal government are disappointed with the delay in the launch of the new Tendaho Sugar Factory construction project. http://allafrica.com/stories/200805051801.html Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 ONLY 16 months after first assessing opportunities for expanding the business into Brazil, B&A Group subsidiary Bosch Projects has reached a significant milestone by establishing an international company in the South American country. http://allafrica.com/stories/200805050671.html Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 MADRID (Thomson Financial) - Ebro Puleva SA. is studying the sale or stock market listing of its sugar business, the Spanish foods group said in a statement http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/05/05/afx4968007.html Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 MADRID, May 5 (Reuters) - Ebro Puleva (EVA.MC: Quote, Profile, Research), Spain\'s biggest food company, said on Monday it may sell its sugar business after it completes a restructuring of the unit which brings in about a quarter of its income. http://uk.reuters.com/article/consumerproducts-SP/idUKL057806120080505?rpc=401& Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 Madrid, May 5 - You are hereby advised that the Board of Directors of Ebro Puleva, S.A. has unanimously resolved as of the date hereof to put this matter to the shareholders at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting, including on the agenda a proposal to study and analyse either the possible sale or the possible spin-off and flotation of the Ebro Puleva sugar business and other related agro-industrial businesses and proposing the adoption of a resolution authorising the board to begin the necessary studies and contacts to explore both possibilities, delegating it to carry out the operation or to abandon it if market conditions are unfavourable. http://www.flex-news-food.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=16186&source=xml Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 Hanoi - Officials at a Vietnamese sugar company said Monday their CEO had yet to quit, despite local media reports he had tendered his resignation after sustaining heavy losses on 1.1 million dollars in company funds he had invested in Vietnam\'s plunging stock market, without the consent of the company\'s managing board. Pham Nhu Hoa of La Nga Sugar Joint Stock Company in Dong Nai province, 60 kilometers north of Ho Chi Minh City, asked for permission to resign from the posts of CEO and general director at a board meeting over the weekend, the news website VnExpress reported Monday. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/203251,vietnam-sugar-boss-loses-company-funds-on-stocks.html Tue, 06 May 2008 06:40:02 +0200 South Nyanza Sugar Company will install the latest packaging machines to help increase production of branded sugar. http://allafrica.com/stories/200805020940.html Mon, 05 May 2008 07:41:43 +0200 SOUTH African-based agro-processing firm, Tongaat Hulett Limited this year intends to increase sugar production at its Zimbabwe plant by 42 percent. http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=31353&cat=8&livedate=2/27/2008 Mon, 05 May 2008 07:41:43 +0200 RIYADH, May 2 (Reuters) - Savola Group 2050.SE plans to increase its annual sugar refining capacity in Egypt by more than half to 1.15 million tonnes within two years to fill a gap in local production, the Saudi company said on Friday. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSL0262956820080502?rpc=401& Mon, 05 May 2008 07:41:43 +0200 Moorhead, Minn. — In a typical year, most of the 400,000 acres of sugar beets would already be sprouting. This year much of the crop has yet to be planted. http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/05/03/sugarbeet/?rsssource=1 Mon, 05 May 2008 07:41:43 +0200 Workers at American Crystal Sugar Co.’s East Grand Forks plant noticed strong odors on Thursday and on April 24, exactly a week before that, according to plant manager Lloyd Kennedy. http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=75283 Mon, 05 May 2008 07:41:43 +0200 PAITA, Peru – Rex Canon stands on a crumbling desert cliff above the Pacific and points to a hazy spot at sea where Maple Energy PLC will finally meet the international marketplace. http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus/stories/050208dnbusmaple.3b6817b.html Fri, 02 May 2008 18:33:55 +0200 Workers at American Crystal Sugar Co.’s East Grand Forks plant noticed strong odors on Thursday and on April 24, exactly a week before that, according to plant manager Lloyd Kennedy. http://www.grandforksherald.com/articles/rss.cfm?id=75283 Fri, 02 May 2008 18:33:55 +0200 VietNamNet Bridge – Shareholders of the Dong Nai-based La Nga Sugar Company on April 29 signed a petition which was filed with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Steering Committee on Fighting Corruption, and the Ministry of Finance to report about illegal activities of Pham Nhu Hoa, Chairman of the La Nga Sugar Company. http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2008/05/781099/ Fri, 02 May 2008 18:33:55 +0200 KAKIRA Sugar Works is to supply 16 mega watts of its 23 mega watts to the national grid. The company explained in a statement that it would retain seven mega watts for its consumption. http://allafrica.com/stories/200805010080.html Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 The anti-graft body has obtained orders to investigate bank transactions in connection with the sale of Miwani Sugar Company\'s 9,000 acres of land. http://allafrica.com/stories/200805010066.html Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 Bio fuels are solids, liquids and gases derived from living organisms and used as fuel. Unlike petrol, coal and nuclear fuels, it is environmentally-friendly and a renewable fuel based on carbon cycle. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804300626.html Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) -- The widow of a worker killed in a devastating sugar refinery explosion is suing the plant\'s owner, accusing the company of negligence by failing to clean up combustible dust that caused the blast. http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080501/ga_refinery_blast.html?.v=1 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 SCOTTSBLUFF — A late-season freeze has forced Nebraska Panhandle sugar beet growers to replant about 1,000 acres. http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2008/05/01/news/nebraska/doc4819dc0dc1b50761673666.txt Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 ZAMBIA Sugar has refuted reports that it is repackaging imported Malawian sugar because it has run out of its own product. http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=12&id=1209634440 Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Sugar producers hope for action soon on the proposed 2007 farm bill to avoid the potential for even lower prices, officials said. http://www.agweekly.com/articles/2008/05/01/commodities/crop/crop68.txt Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 In the spring of 1888, William E. Howard and his wife, Emily, were calmly shopping for farmland in Milan to build a home for themselves. They had so much cash between them that they probably needed large suitcases to hold all of their money. http://www.milannews.com/stories/050108/loc_20080501008.shtml Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 April 29 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian output of sugar-cane used to make sweeteners and ethanol will rise as much as 22 percent from last year\'s record because of increased planting and as rains and new technologies boost crop yields, the government said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aTatxTfBGuVc Thu, 01 May 2008 21:07:41 +0200 Despite price fluctuations due to the effects of altering world sugar prices and local shortages the demand for sugar by Chinese consumers is steadily growing. Growth is being stimulated by growing use of sugar as an ingredient in food and beverage products as well as an additive to foods and drinks. In general cane sugar refineries are performing better than beet sugar refineries, most of which are currently recording losses. http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2008/04/30/businesswire20080429006190r1.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0200 This agreement demonstrates Imperial Sugar\'s commitment to value creation by diversifying revenue streams via strategic industry partnerships,\" said John Sheptor, president and CEO of Imperial Sugar. “By leveraging Imperial’s extensive network of contacts within the food and beverage industries, Maximus will have enhanced opportunities to create business relationships that will benefit both of our companies. http://www.siemex.biz/coffee/Display.asp?iArticleId=546 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0200 Brazil is forecasting for this year its greatest production of sugar cane ethanol ever according to the country’s National Supply Company, Conab. The total volume is estimated between 26.4 and 27.4 billion liters, 14.9% and 19.4% higher than in 2007. http://www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=13285&formato=HTML Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0200 29 April 2008 - Italian biotechnology company Bio-On and sugar producer Co.Pro.B hope to begin commercial production of PHA (polyhdroxyalkanoate) bioplastic from green sugar beet in 2009. http://www.prw.com/homePBP_NADetail_UP.aspx?ID_Site=818&ID_Article=24632&mode=1&curpage=0 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0200 RABAT, April 29 (Reuters) - Morocco expects to produce 450,000 tonnes of sugar this year, up from 425,000 a year earlier, agriculture ministry figures showed on Tuesday. http://africa.reuters.com/country/MA/news/usnL29770884.html Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0200 MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) Poor weather has delayed the planting of sugar beets in the Red River Valley. http://www.kxmb.com/getArticle.asp?ArticleId=233353 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:41 +0200 ILLOVO Sugar Malawi says it experienced difficult climatic conditions during the 2007/08 season at its cane fields in Dwangwa and Nchalo which led to reduced sugar production. http://www.dailytimes.bppmw.com/article.asp?ArticleID=9303 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 THE emergence of the biofuels industry as a competitor for agricultural land is driving regional economies around the world to seek new opportunities and partnerships to feed their populations, according to European Union (EU) ambassador to SA Lodewijk Briet http://allafrica.com/stories/200804290414.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 As the common market for East and Central African customs union draws near, sugar producers believe the government should avoid dumping of sugar on the Ugandan market. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804290362.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 Players in the sugar industry face an acid test as they prepare to elect new representatives to the Kenya Sugar Board(KSB) next month. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804281951.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 As Kenyans grapple with high sugar costs and the influx of duty free sugar imports from the COMESA region, a miller in the western province says it has lost over Ksh300 million (US$4.6 million) since its turbine developed a mechanical problem. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804281410.html Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 The Government today said the total number of closed sugar mills in the country has increased to 113 this season from 105 last year. While in a majority of the States, the number of closed sugar mills remained static or rather declined, in Uttar Pradesh, it surged from 14 in 2006-07 to 23 in 2007-08 season, according to the data furnished by the Minister of State for Food and Public Distribution, Mr Akhilesh Prasad Singh, in the Lok Sabha. In a written reply to a query on steps taken by the Government to revive the closed sugar mills, Mr Singh said it was the responsibility of the entrepreneur concerned to take steps. – Our Bureau http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/04/29/stories/2008042950982300.htm Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 NEW DELHI, Apr 29, 2008 (AsiaPulse via COMTEX) -- -- The world\'s largest refined sugar producer, Al Khaleej\'s, proposal to bring in foreign investment to set up a refinery in India has been turned down by the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB). http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1455743/ Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 Deputy Prime Minister and Industry Minister Suwit Khunkitti said the national agenda will include using geographic IT in locating plantation areas and sugar mills to reduce logistics costs, developing related industries such as ethanol and value-added products. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/04/29/business/business_30071812.php Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:11:25 +0200 TALLAHASSEE - State legislators are pushing a rewrite of Florida\'s growth laws that would let biotechnology projects such as the Burnham Institute and citrus and sugar growers expand their business operations with less state regulation. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-growth2608apr26,0,7777131.story?track=rss Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) – A U.S. biotech company is teaming up with Brazilian ethanol producers to turn sugar cane into diesel fuel in a joint venture that could churn out 1 billion gallons a year by 2015. http://www.journalrecord.com/article.cfm?recid=88392 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 Western Sugar Beet Growers have delayed sugarbeet planting this spring because of an unusually late and cold spring, but Jerry Darnell, Westrn Sugar Area Ag Manager, says producers are now nearing the completion of this spring\'s planting. Darnell says the producers have 80% of the beets currently planted. http://www.krvn.com/news/agricultural/fd29ba2e-4023-4374-8923-e6c119e9df2a Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 ISLAMABAD (April 27 2008): The Federal Board of Revenue has completed sales tax field audit of 24 sugar mills located in Hyderabad, detecting short filing and short payment of sales tax in most of the cases. Sources told Business Recorder on Saturday that there are 29 sugar mills in Hyderabad. http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=728243&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate= Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 NEW DELHI: The government may go in for total decontrol of sugar in one sweep. By scrapping all curbs in one go, instead of the earlier plan for phased decontrol, the Centre will let Indian sugar mills compete more efficiently from the next season onwards. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Govt_plans_to_free_Sugar_in_one_go/rssarticleshow/2983857.cms Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 Mumbai, Apr 25 The Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) has slammed the Maharashtra government and the Commissioner for Sugar for their failure to take action against the erring managements of the cooperative sugar factories (CSFs) in the state. http://www.financialexpress.com/news/CAG-pulls-up-govt-for-not-taking-action-against-sugar-units/301778/ Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 The collapse of the Zimbabwean economy has proved beneficial for Mozambican sugar producers. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804251055.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 Mumias Sugar Company has reduced interest charged on farm inputs and land preparation for sugarcane farmers by 25 per cent. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804251255.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 The global adoption of bio fuel as an \"Energy security strategy\" is fast becoming the main factor affecting agricultural production and international trade, said Buba Khan, the Food Rights manager at Action Aid, The Gambia. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804250774.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 Tempers flared when the Government declared that only 800 squatters at the controversial sugar project in Msambweni were genuine and would be resettled. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804250035.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 JAKARTA, April 26 (Bernama) -- The Indonesian government is planning to increase import duty on sugar products by up to 50 percent in response to calls from local producers, local press said Saturday. http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=329154 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 Guidelines have been issued for growers contemplating re-drilling sugar beet that has failed to germinate during the cold spring. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/04/23/110247/sugar-beet-re-drilling-advice.html Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:09:40 +0200 Tempers flared when the Government declared that only 800 squatters at the controversial sugar project in Msambweni were genuine and would be resettled. http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?category_id=1&newsid=121854 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:30:04 +0200 MADURAI: Sugarcane farmers have come out strongly against the State Government�s move to lease out Madura Sugar Mills at Pandiarajapuram near here to the private sector. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/25/stories/2008042559810300.htm Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:30:04 +0200 THE sugar industry is expected to earn $209 million from sugar produced over the new season due to increased quota requirements from the European Union http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=87321 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:30:04 +0200 THE Government has made arrangements to import 1,000 tonnes of specialty sugar to mitigate the shortage of the commodity on the domestic market, acting Permanent Secretary at the ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Siazongo Siakalenge, has said. http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=12&id=1209026328 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:30:04 +0200 Nzoia Sugar Company is losing millions of shillings daily after its milling plant broke down. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804230199.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 LAST year�s heavy rainfall is responsible for Zambia Sugar Company�s poor production for the current season. http://www.times.co.zm/news/viewnews.cgi?category=11&id=1208938245 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 A Berkshire council has taken delivery of its first bus in a new fleet run on fuel made from sugar beet waste. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/berkshire/7363010.stm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 GRAND FORKS, N.D. - American Crystal Sugar Company says it\'s gotten an early start treating the source of sugar beet odor that\'s a part of life for Grand Forks area residents in the summer. http://www.startribune.com/local/18047414.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 OKARA, April 23: Growers are facing an acute financial crisis owing to non-payment by three sugar millers and they have sought government intervention. http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/24/nat30.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 KARACHI, April 22: World sugar production is expected to hit a record high of 170.308 million metric tons in 2007-08, an increase of three per cent as compared to 2006-07. http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/23/ebr11.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 GULBARGA: The agitation to demand the State Government to force sugar factories to take up crushing operations of the standing sugarcane crop in Gulbarga, Aland and Jewargi taluks gained momentum with the growers symbolically burning the produce in front of the complex housing the office of the Assistant Commissioner of the Gulbarga Sub-division, here on Wednesday. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/24/stories/2008042452870300.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 Sangareddy: Medak Collector Piyush Kumar directed managements of two sugar mills in the district to pay arrears of 2007 to farmers by the end of May. According to a press release here on Wednesday the Collector, along with J.S. G. Prasad, Commissioner Sugar, organised a meeting with the representatives of Trident and Ganapathi sugar mills. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/24/stories/2008042451750300.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 The sugar output will not tumble as a result of the government intervention in more than 30 farms in Valles del Turbio, north-western Lara state, said Minister of Agriculture and Lands El�as Jaua during an interview with TV show \"En Confianza\" aired on state-run TV channel VTV. http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/04/22/en_eco_art_minister-denies-slid_22A1531199.shtml Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 Two labourers were Wednesday injured when a small boiler in Al-Noor Sugar Mills Shahpur Jahaniyan exploded. The injured Munawar Khanzada and Iqbal Arain were rushed to a local hospital for treatment. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1426446/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 Sao Paulo, Apr. 22 - Brazilian liquid sugar producer Dulcini and local sugar refinery Baldin will invest 40 million Brazilian reals ($24 million) to build a liquid sugar factory in Sao Paulo state, daily financial newspaper Valor Economico reported Tuesday. http://www.flex-news-food.com/pages/15931/Brazil/Sugar/brazilian-companies-invest-brl40m-liquid-sugar-unit-dj.html Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 Colombia\'s sugar exports declined for second consecutive year as demands for ethanol continue to grow. This trend has created a need to import more raw sugar to meet domestic demand, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture attache report posted Wednesday on the Foreign Agricultural Services Web site. http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/1424745/ Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 A Far North Queensland sugar mill is outraged by a decision from managed investment forestry giant ITC to harvest 10,000 tonnes of cane six weeks out from the sugar crush. http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200804/s2226322.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 Amyris, a rapidly growing biotech company that coaxes genetically enhanced microbes to produce fuel and medicine, has signed a deal with two Brazilian companies to come out with a sugar-cane-based diesel and other fuels by 2010. http://www.news.com/8301-11128_3-9926823-54.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1035_3-0-5 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:28:58 +0200 Residents on land earmarked for growing sugarcane in Msambweni District have resisted a move to evict them. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804221194.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 As an \'armchair\' journalist, you\'ll understand I don\'t get invited to many press conferences. But then last week I heard about the meeting at the Grand Palm in aid of the young Batswana swimmers who have been specially invited to take part in the upcoming Olympics through some kind of wild card system set up for developing countries. All good stuff you might think but apparently sponsorship is lacking which is why the folks at Sugar Industries have stepped in. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804221171.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Associated British Foods Plc, the maker of Twinings tea and Kingsmill bread, declined in London trading as earnings at its sugar unit and margins at Primark clothing stores fell more than some analysts expected. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601102&sid=azirubDHdtS4 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 April 22 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar refiners in Indonesia, Asia\'s biggest importer of sugar, may buy 19 percent more raw sugar this year as demand increases, the industry group said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=a8uYZNJsdsMQ Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 THE National Federation of Sugar Workers-Food and General Trades (NFSW-FGT) reiterated Tuesday their demand for the immediate release of their unclaimed social amelioration cash bonuses and subsidies estimated at P150,913,299. http://www.sunstar.com.ph/static/bac/2008/04/23/news/sugar.workers.demand.release.of.bonus.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 The sugar output will not tumble as a result of the government intervention in more than 30 farms in Valles del Turbio, north-western Lara state, said Minister of Agriculture and Lands Elías Jaua during an interview with TV show \"En Confianza\" aired on state-run TV channel VTV. http://english.eluniversal.com/2008/04/22/en_eco_art_minister-denies-slid_22A1531199.shtml Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 The pop and roar of burning sugar cane is still being heard in the fields of western Palm Beach County as U.S. Sugar Corp. continues its harvest season later than usual. http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2008/04/21/story7.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 Thanjavur, April 22 The Tamil Nadu Sugar Board has taken steps for installing co-generation plant for producing power, using bagasse, at Kurunkulam Anna Government Sugar Mills in Thanjavur district, according to its Chairman and Managing Director, Mr Athulya Mishra. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/04/23/stories/2008042351392100.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 One of the world\'s largest growers and processors of sugar and ethanol, Cosan Group, announced on April 11 that it has agreed to merge its sugar operations with Nova America at Santos Port in São Paulo state, Brazil. The two companies\' assets will form a new company called Rumo Logisitica, which will be able to store 435,000 tonnes and ship 8.5mn tonnes of commodities per year. As well, it was agreed that Cosan will purchase 49% of Teacu sugar port in Santos for US$70.6mn from Rezende Barbosa, Nova America\'s holding company. http://www.corporatefinancingweek.com/file/63609/cosan-and-nova-america-to-merge-santos-port-sugar-operations.html Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 LYON, France, April 22, 2008 (AFP) - Sixty French winegrowers, traders and supermarket executives are to go on trial accused of adding hundreds of tonnes of sugar to Beaujolais wines from 2004 to 2006, officials said Tuesday. http://www.ttc.org/200804221445.m3mejiq21442.htm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 A taste of sugar with “food feet” rather than “food miles” was launched at Bury St Edmunds yesterday by the country\'s brand-leading Silver Spoon. http://business.edp24.co.uk/content/news/story.aspx?brand=BIZOnline&category=Business&tBrand=bizonline&tCategory=business&itemid=NOED22%20Apr%202008%2008%3A44%3A35%3A440 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 MANILA, Philippines - Sugar group Roxas Holdings, Inc. will invest P1.4 billion in an ethanol distillery to take advantage of the increasing demand for clean energy, as well as add more value to its sugar production business. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/90557/Top-raw-sugar-producer-to-spend-P14B-on-ethanol-distillery Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 Timbers from three medieval bridges in Leicestershire are being restored after a donation of 40 tonnes of sugar. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/leicestershire/7360211.stm Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:18:44 +0200 RIYADH, April 21 - Savola Group , Saudi Arabia\'s largest food product company by market value, said it plans to build a second sugar refinery in Egypt to meet rising demand in the most populous Arab nation and the Middle East. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080421/tbs-savola-plant-7318940.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:12:48 +0200 ACCRA: Constran SA, a Brazilian energy company, will build a plant to produce ethanol from sugar cane in central Ghana, Brazilian government officials said Monday. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/International_Business/Brazilian_company_in_Ghana_biofuels_joint_venture_official/rssarticleshow/2969725.cms Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:12:48 +0200 World prices for grain are threatening to go out of control. There is an outcry that diversion of resources from food crops to bio-fuel is partly to blame for the high grain commodity prices, especially in the US where government subsidies are provided for bio-fuel. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804212008.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:12:48 +0200 The Madhvani group is set to scale up its investment portfolio in Rwanda with new ventures valued at US$20 million in the telecoms, tourism and insurance sectors. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804211344.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:12:48 +0200 A rescue team who responded to the Imperial Sugar Plant explosion is talking about their experience. http://www.nbcaugusta.com/news/local/17992759.html Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:12:48 +0200 The Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis - Sugar is a comprehensive evaluation of the UK market. The revised and updated 2008 edition analyses the financial performance of the companies important to the success of your business. Using the most up to date information available, the analysis is ideal both as a tool to benchmark your own company’s results and to study the market in more depth. Aimed at the busy manager, the Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis is both quick and easy to use thanks to the unique visual layout. The Analysis lays bare the performance of each company highlighting their strengths and weaknesses. Do you know which companies are best to do business with? Do you know which companies are selling at a loss and whose profit margins are plummeting? Find out the answers to all these questions and more with the newly published Plimsoll Portfolio Analysis. http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/find-out-which-sugar-companies-are-best-to-do-business-with,358945.shtml Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:12:48 +0200 Severe sugar shortages in the country are to be supplemented with imports from Egypt as part of the strategy to cut prices as well, the Commerce and Trade Minister Monique Nsanzabaganwa has announced. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804180381.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 South Africa will not accelerate the food price crisis by subsidising the use of primary food crops for synthetic fuel substitutes, said Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies http://www.summit.co.za/news/biz2.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 HYDERABAD, April 18: Tando Mohammad Khan DCO formed a three-member committee to look into the causes that led to the deadly explosion in the Abadgar Sugar Mills on Thursday, which resulted in the death of seven people and injuries to over a dozen others http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/19/local19.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 JAKARTA, April 18 Asia Pulse - PT Laju Perdana Indah plans to build a sugar refinery with an investment of Rp2 trillion (US$222 million) in South Sumatra. http://au.news.yahoo.com/080421/3/16jz8.html Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 MANILA, Philippines - Sugar group Roxas Holdings, Inc. will invest P1.4 billion in an ethanol distillery to take advantage of the increasing demand for clean energy, as well as add more value to its sugar production business. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/90557/Top-raw-sugar-producer-to-spend-P14B-on-ethanol-distillery Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 AFTER four years at the helm of the country\'s largest farmers\' representative organisation, Jain Kumar relinquished the presidency to focus on his position as Sugar Cane Growers Council chairman. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=86862 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 The government urged sugarcane workers to end a weeklong strike over the high cost of food and utilities on Friday, saying it could severely harm Guyana\'s sugar industry. http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D904FI681.htm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 Following deliberations last month, Cabinet accepted a National Adaptation Strategy (NAS), the blueprint on which the Government can access what\'s left of a Euros41 million grant, under the European Union\'s financial aid package for T&T\'s sugar industry. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_news?id=161312330 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (AP) - Imperial Sugar is moving to quickly rebuild the portion of its massive Georgia refinery destroyed by a dust explosion after its board of directors approved the decision this week. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8195397&nav=menu36_2 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 The death of a man at a Shropshire sugar beet factory was an accident, an inquest jury has decided http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7355718.stm Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:33:08 +0200 Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has set a new strategic expansion plan to increase its sugar refining capacity to 2.5 million metric tonnes per annum. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804141212.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 A Sugar Company (Sony) will spend Sh52 million to install eight sugar branding machines. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804140330.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 Sometimes a safety issue literally blows up in the face of U.S. regulators. That was the case last month when an explosion and fire at an Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., likely caused by the ignition of sugar dust, killed 13 workers and seriously burned 10 others. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702643.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 The widow of a man who died in an explosion at a sugar beet factory has described him as \"wonderful\" on the first day of an inquest into his death. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/7347267.stm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 HONG KONG (XFN-ASIA) - Yingmao Sugar Industry Co Ltd, a mainland-based sugar producer, plans to raise 300-600 mln hkd in an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, a market source said. http://www.forbes.com/afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2008/04/14/afx4884629.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine body which helps develop the sugar industry said local production of the sweetener is likely to exceed last year’s output, a report by online news website Visayan Daily Star said on Saturday. http://www.gmanews.tv/story/89080/Higher-sugar-output-seen-despite-bad-weather Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 For the state\'s sugar beet growers, the latest farm bill offers a sweet new perk: Some of their crops would go to make ethanol. http://www.startribune.com/business/17560999.html Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 All petrol and diesel which is sold at UK pumps now has to include at least 2.5% biofuels. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7347142.stm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 05:32:39 +0200 London: A senior Morgan Stanley agricultural commodities trader has said raw sugar prices could more than double to 28-30 cents a pound in two years. http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Commodities/10205101.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 SAO PAULO, April 11 (Reuters) - Brazil\'s largest sugar and ethanol group, Cosan (CSAN3.SA: Quote, Profile, Research)(CZZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research), said on Friday it has agreed to merge its sugar operations at Santos port with local group Nova America and create a new company. http://www.reuters.com/article/mergersNews/idUSN1146577620080411?rpc=401& Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 The Guyana Sugar Corporation (Guysuco) has reduced its supply of sugar to Caricom by 80,000 tonnes over 2004 levels and increased supply to the European Union, Chief Executive Nick Jackson said. http://www.stabroeknews.com/?p=895 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 PORT WENTWORTH — Even before the sugar dust ignited in February, destroying part of the factory, killing 13 and injuring dozens in one of Georgia\'s worst industrial accidents, Imperial Sugar\'s business had soured. http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/stories/2008/04/12/sugar_0413.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Two more patients with burns from an explosion at a Georgia sugar refinery have been released from the hospital. http://www.wjbf.com/midatlantic/jbf/news_index.apx.-content-articles-JBF-2008-04-12-0026.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Two more patients with burns from an explosion at a Georgia sugar refinery have been released from the hospital. http://www.wmgt.com/node/7118 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc has declared its commitment to sustainable growth and increased shareholder value. http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=108405 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 The High Court has ordered a firm that allegedly bought Miwani Sugar Company (1989) Ltd at a throwaway price to deposit original title deeds of the mill with the court. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804111178.html Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 NCRI - Workers at Haft Tapeh Sugar Cane factory in Shoosh, southern Iran, continued their strike on the fifth day running today. On April 12, the striking workers staged protest outside the office of the factory manager, Yaqoub Shafiee, demanding payment of their unpaid salaries. http://www.ncr-iran.org/content/view/5096/128/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 India may be engaging in serious discussion with Brazil over the bio-fuel production that would support its fuel sustainability. But Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is very particular that the country would not follow Brazil to use sugar for bio-fuel production. http://www.calcuttanews.net/story/348097 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Zurich, Switzerland, April 10, 2008 - Sri Chamundeswari Sugars is building a 26 MW cogeneration plant (of which 18 MW will be an exportable surplus) at its factory in Karnataka state, southern India. Power comes from burning bagasse, the fibrous residue remaining when sugarcane is crushed to make sugar. ABB is supplying a System 800xA extended automation system, power systems and instrumentation for this project in 2008. http://www.automation.com/store/p1030details27302.php?x=1&pagePath=00000000 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), April 11 : The manager of a sugar mill owned by the Bajaj industrial group was shot dead Friday morning by unidentified men who barged into the factory premises in Baghpat district near here. http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=46967 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Satara-based Veer Kisan Ahir Sugar Cooperative (VKASCL) has recently inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the German biofuel company, Biogas-Nord, to set up the country’s first plant to produce compressed natural gas (CNG) from spentwash, a byproduct. http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=10&bKeyFlag=BO&autono=319920 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 NEW DELHI: Sugar production is Maharashtra, the country\'s largest producer of the sweetener, is likely to decline by six per cent at 85 lakh tons in 2007-08 season due to delay in start of sugarcane crushing by six weeks. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/News/Economy/Agriculture/Maharashtras_sugar_output_to_dip_by_6_export_up_by_42/rssarticleshow/2948524.cms Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 In a press release issued here, the minister said during the previous government owners of the Mardan, Peshawar, Charsadda and Dera Ismail Khan sugar mills started crushing sugarcane a month late in the peak season of the crop, causing farmers to suffer huge financial losses. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=106744 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 The sugar industry has set its target to crush an estimated 4.5 million tonnes of cane per year through the increased mill capacity and the reforms in the industry, says the Minister for Finance, National Planning, Sugar Industry and Public Utilities, Mr Mahendra Pal Chaudhry http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_11567.shtml Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 The Minister for Finance, National Planning, Sugar Industry and Public Utilities, Mr Mahendra Pal Chaudhry says the Committee on Better Utilization of Land (CBUL) will prompt efficiency in the sugar industry through encouraging the landowners to renew the land leases for the cultivation of sugar. http://www.fiji.gov.fj/publish/page_11569.shtml Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Of all foods, it is safe to say that sugar is the most maligned of all. Fat, after all, has its advocates — think of Dr. Atkins and, in France, diet guru Michel Montignac. Complex carbohydrates, such as whole-wheat bread, oatmeal and quinoa, are back in favor even with some former notorious carb-haters, but sugar in its refined, white version, sugar of the kind that’s used to sweeten coffee or bake cakes, if you haven’t switched to Splenda yet, is admittedly second to none when it comes to so-called evil foods. http://calorielab.com/news/2008/04/12/rehabilitating-sugar-in-france/ Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 April 10 (Bloomberg) -- Sugar cane area in Australia, the world\'s third-largest sugar exporter, may increase by 1.8 percent in the year starting September, remaining below the 10- year average, the U.S. Foreign Agricultural Service said. http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601081&sid=afAXGn00cxVA Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 WASHINGTON: The world\'s economic ministers declared on Sunday that shortages and skyrocketing prices for food posed a potentially greater threat to economic and political stability than the turmoil in capital markets. http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/14/business/14finance.php Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 The island\'s sugar minister, Ulises Rosales del Toro, this week told state radio that recent downpours could mean another lower-than-expected sugar harvest. The season runs from January to March but occasionally stretches into May. http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/cuba/sfl-0410havanadaily,0,5606470.column?track=rss Mon, 14 Apr 2008 07:00:33 +0200 Kenya\'s sugar industry regulator has secured a court injunction against the controversial sale of the Ksh2.7billion Miwani sugar factory to a private investor. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804071157.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 A senior police officer has ignored a series of court orders to vacate a sugar and crocodile farm in Chiredzi, allegedly on the grounds that he was \"above the law\". http://allafrica.com/stories/200804071338.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 An increasing number of white former commercial farmers are reportedly threatening resettled black farmers throughout the country with eviction from their farms or face the wrath of an anticipated \"incoming MDC government\". http://allafrica.com/stories/200804070250.html Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 Ahmednagar, Apr 7: As many as 55 co-operative sugar factories of Maharashtra have been given permission for electricity generation and they are likely to produce about 1,200 MW electricity in the next three years, state Co-operation Minister Patangrao Kadam said today. http://www.newkerala.com/one.php?action=fullnews&id=45440 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 BACOLOD, Philippines -- Sugar Regulatory Administrator (SRA) Rafael Coscolluela on Monday warned that the lifting of tariffs on imported sugar by 2010 would have an adverse impact on the sugar industry. http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080408-129176/SRA-says-zero-tariff-to-kill-sugar-industry Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 Update: 3:40PM TWO political parties have come out strongly against the interim regime for delaying the sugar council elections. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=86001 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 Update: 2:23PM The interim cabinets decision to defer the Sugar Cane Growers Council elections to 2010 will put the future of the industry in tatters. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=85999 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 THE chief executive of the Fiji Development Bank will no longer sit on the board of the Sugar Cane Growers Fund. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=85920 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 The sugar industry is calling on the Federal Government to include sugar in any carbon trading scheme to be set up in Australia. http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200804/s2211903.htm Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - It\'s been two months since the explosion at Imperial Sugar, many families are still dealing with the tragedy, but slowly those injured are recovering. http://www.wtoc.com/global/story.asp?s=8138791 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 SUGAR LAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Imperial Sugar Company (NASDAQ:IPSU - News) today announced it has entered into a brokerage agreement with Maximus Coffee Group, a premier North American coffee processing, packaging and marketing company. Headquartered in Houston, Maximus is keenly focused on partnering with third party companies to develop private label coffee programs. http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/080408/20080408005331.html?.v=1 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 08:05:36 +0200 A new sugar refinery is to be built at the Industrial City of Abu Dhabi, which will be able to process 600,000 tonnes a year, rising within five years to 850,000 tonnes. The UAE is already the world’s sixth largest producer of sugar and it wants to increase capacity to stave off price fluctuations. According to Gulf News, prices are expected to rise between 27% and 48% by 2011. http://www.ameinfo.com/152399.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 Abu Dhabi: According to some accounts, the UAE is the world\'s largest re-exporter of sugar, and the sixth producer, while most estimates forecast an increase as high as 40 per cent in international sugar prices within the coming three years. http://www.zawya.com/story.cfm/sidZAWYA20080406122455 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 Abu Dhabi: According to some accounts, the UAE is the world\'s largest re-exporter of sugar, and the sixth producer, while most estimates forecast an increase as high as 40 per cent in international sugar prices within the coming three years. http://www.gulfnews.com/business/Industry/10203454.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 The lush, muddy wetlands of the Tana river delta, teeming with birds and home to hippos and crocodiles, lions and elephants, are more than 4,000 miles from Britain. But this patchwork of savannah and mangrove swamp on the east coast of Africa is the latest victim of the British thirst for biofuels. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/06/biofuels.alternativeenergy?gusrc=rss&feed=uknews Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 UDUMALPET: Amid buoyancy of yield from sugarcane due to unseasonal rains a fortnight ago, crushing of sugarcane began at the Amaravathi Cooperative Sugar Mills, near here, on Friday. The crushing will continue for more than five months. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/07/stories/2008040750660500.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 Brahmavar (Udupi district): Chairman of Dakshina Kannada Sahakari Sakkare Karkhane (DKSSK) M. Jayasheela Shetty on Friday announced that the ailing sugar factory was being leased out to Ramee Sugars and Infrastructures Pvt. Ltd. (RSIPL) to rejuvenate it and help the farmers. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/05/stories/2008040558830300.htm Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 WORSENING conditions for the sugar industry and cane farmers are the results of actions taken by the military government, Fiji Cane Growers Association president Attar Singh said yesterday. http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=85769 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 07:27:50 +0200 A SUGAR importer and distributor has begun a High Court action for damages against the Greencore Group arising out of a European Commission decision that it had abused its dominant market position during the 1980s and 1990s. http://www.examiner.ie/story/business/ojsncwmhql/rss2/ Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 SUGAR milling company, Hippo Valley Estates last week said bad weather conditions experienced last year have worsened its operational problems. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804031002.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 TARIFF protection for SA\'s sugar producers against disruptively low world sugar prices would remain in place because the fundamental conditions underpinning the Sugar Act were unchanged, Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Rob Davies said yesterday. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804030036.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 THE Muljibhai Madhvani Foundation will this year, offer over sh400m in university scholarships to Ugandan students for the 2008/2009 academic year. The funds will go to merit worthy students who lack financial backing in the fields of Agriculture, Sciences, Information Technology, Commerce and Medicine. http://allafrica.com/stories/200804020110.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 MUMBAI: Pakistan, which entered the world sugar market in January after a gap of five years, plans to export about 250,000 tonnes in the current crop year to September, a leading producer said on Thursday. http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=104728 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 The company will export another 200,000 tonnes in the crop year to September, he said. (Reporting by Mayank Bharadwaj; Editing by Ranjit Gangadharan) - MUMBAI, April 3 Ltd has exported 150,000 tonnes of sugar since October, when the new sugarcane crushing season began, a senior company source told Reuters on Thursday. http://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080403/tbs-eid-exports-7318940.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 MUMBAI (Reuters) - Global sugar refining capacity is expected to outstrip supplies as raw sugar exports slow down and new stand-alone refinery capacities are added, industry experts said. http://africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnBAN344524.html Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 The latest sugar output figures for southern China\'s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region clearly show early output loss estimates following January\'s cold snap were overstated, an analyst said. http://www.interfax.com/4/380881/news.aspx Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 Sao Paulo, April 3 - Cosan Limited, the holding of Brazil\'s largest sugar and ethanol group Cosan SA, said Thursday that it asked for the Brazilian Securities and Exchange Commission, or CVM, for authorization to postpone its public tender offer to May 12 from April 14. http://www.flex-news-food.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=15419&source=xml Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 Cosun is expecting its recent acquisition of CSM Suiker to prop up its margins somewhat in the coming year, as conditions remain tough for the European sugar industry. http://www.foodproductiondaily.com/news/ng.asp?n=84400-cosun-sensus-unifine-svz Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - It\'s been almost two months since the sugar refinery explosion. Since then, we\'ve shared stories of so many fundraisers for the families who\'ve been directly impacted by this tragedy. http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8108944&nav=menu89_2 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 RINCON, GA (WTOC) - It\'s class as usual for fourth grader Morgan Seckinger. But while she and her classmates are learning poetry, they\'re also getting a lesson in compassion. http://www.wtoctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8109058&nav=menu89_2 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 STERLING — It has become such a staple of community entertainment, some have likely forgotten what it celebrates. Tents fill the courthouse square like a giant flea market, and in some respects that is what it is. It is a time for the community to come together, meet neighbors — some in the recreational occupation — and see crafts, goods and produce that are connected to a part of Logan County’s heritage: sugar beets. http://www.journal-advocate.com/articles/2008/04/02/news/local_news/local2.txt Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:25:24 +0200 Germany\'s state food safety agency said on Wednesday it approved open-air field trials of sugar beet and potatoes containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs). http://www.flex-news-food.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=15382&source=xml Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 LONDON (Reuters) - Sugar firm Tate & Lyle (TATE.L: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday trading had continued in line with its expectations and second half pretax profits would be around 117 million pounds. http://uk.reuters.com/article/companyOutlooksNews/idUKWLB927520080402?rpc=401& Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 SUGAR firm Tate & Lyle said today that its trading has continued to be in line with expectations. http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business/Sugar-giant-Tate-amp-Lyle.3937618.jp Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 Farmers in Ukraine have started sunflower and sugar beet sowing campaign, according to the press service of the Agrarian Policy Ministry. http://www.kmu.gov.ua/control/en/publish/news_article?art_id=123494384&cat_id=32598 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 The 120-year-old Sugar Warehouse in Greenock will be restored as part of a £3.7m deal between regeneration agency Riverside Inverclyde and Clydeport. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7324910.stm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 Expectations of a 15 per cent fall in domestic sugar output to 220 lakh tonnes, estimated for the next sugar season 2008-09 (October to September), may be positive for sugar producers over the medium term. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2008/04/03/stories/2008040351231700.htm Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 Mumbai, April 2 - Sugar exports from India, the world\'s second-biggest producer after Brazil, is likely to exceed 4 million tonnes in the crop year to September, one of the world\'s leading trader said on Wednesday. http://www.flex-news-food.com/console/PageViewer.aspx?page=15393&source=xml Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:38:32 +0200 A SUGAR importer has taken a High Court action for damages against Greencore arising out of a European Commission decision it had abused its dominant market position during the 1980s and 1990s. http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/sugar-firm-sues-greencore-over-market-abuse-1334715.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 The Madhvani Group of Companies will spend between $16 million and $20 million in a business expansion programme in Rwanda. http://allafrica.com/stories/200803311768.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 CASABLANCA, March 31 (Reuters) - Better irrigation, farming techniques and refining technology should allow Morocco to produce over half the sugar it consumes in coming years, the head of local sugar producer Cosumar CSMR.CS said on Monday. http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSL3119182220080331?rpc=401& Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 THE listing of Alhaji Aliko Dangote among the world\'s billionaires should excite Nigerians who must be close to believing that no good news can come out of the country. http://allafrica.com/stories/200803311492.html Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 HYDERABAD, April 1: After delaying start of crushing season by one and a half month the sugar mills in the province are now opting for early closure, adding to growers’ woes, many of whom have still not harvested the sugarcane crop in hope of a rise in prices. http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/02/nat21.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 KARACHI, March 31: The sugar advisory board has recommended to the new government to direct the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to buy 500,000 tons of sugar from mills to enable them to pay huge dues to growers. http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/01/ebr8.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 ISLAMABAD (April 02 2008): The first meeting of the Sugar Advisory Board (SAB) was held on March 13, 2008 under the chairmanship of Secretary Industries. Production & Special Initiatives. It is, therefore, requested that action may be taken on Sugar Advisory Board\'s recommendations relevant to ministries (provincial departments). http://www.brecorder.com/index.php?id=717880&currPageNo=1&query=&search=&term=&supDate= Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 HYDERABAD (PPI) - Sugar mills in Sindh have started to close down crushing process despite the fact that sugarcane crop is still standing in the field in many areas due to late start of crushing season by sugar mills. http://www.nation.com.pk/daily/Apr-2008/2/bnews10.php Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, which met here on Monday under the chairmanship of its president M. Krishnasswamy, urged the State government not to hand over the Pattalam sugar factory to any private party and to run it under the cooperative sector. http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/02/stories/2008040260331000.htm Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 NEW DELHI: In an unprecedented move, the government may allow sugar mills to sell two million tons freely in local market. This quantity would be in addition to the normal monthly quota announced for this quarter. For mills this may be their first taste of decontrol in a bullish market. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/Markets/Commodities/Mills_asked_to_sell_2mt_sugar_from_reserves/articleshow/2918026.cms Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 Work began on the A-listed sugar warehouse in Greenock, Inverclyde, yesterday as the investment to carry out vital remedial work was agreed by Peel Holdings - the parent company of Clydeport, and Riverside Inverclyde. http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/other/display.var.2163905.0.Sugar_sheds_saved_as_3_7m_repair_work_begins_to_give_Clydeside_icon_a_future.php Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 IN ITS heyday, it was a marvel of cutting-edge architectural engineering and a symbol of Greenock\'s position as the centre of the UK sugar trade. http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Sweet-news-as-historic-Sugar.3936575.jp Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 Friday’s Brush museum Sack Lunch Program will feature Gabriel and Jody Lopez, authors of the book “White Gold Laborers.” http://www.fortmorgantimes.com/articles/2008/04/01/news/local_news/sack%20lunch%20speakers.txt Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 Let’s start with the nutrient data of sugar beets. Let’s compare one very popular and considered ideal forage for deer to sugar beets. Ladino clover or its parent white clover is universally accepted as the one best forage for deer. Yes, I agree on the merits of ladino as excellent forage for deer, especially during spring green-up time when it is available soon after the winter season. The stuff is unbeatable for pregnant does for fetus development prior to fawn birth in early June. It is there then, for the nursing does and within two weeks after their birth, the rampaging clover eating fawns. We’re talking up to 30 percent protein at spring green-up and 70 to 80 percent digestibility. It doesn’t get much better. Sugar beets are not a spring or early summer forage, they are a fall and winter forage and deer nutrition needs change with the seasons. Deer are putting on weight and adding fat for the winter stress. http://gladwinmi.com/record/?section_id=2&story_id=50815 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:31:26 +0200 The over Sh2 billion worth Miwani Sugar Company (MSC) has been sold for only Sh28 million. http://allafrica.com/stories/200803310677.html Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:34:33 +0200 KARACHI, March 31: The sugar advisory board has recommended to the new government to direct the Trading Corporation of Pakistan to buy 500,000 tons of sugar from mills to enable them to pay huge dues to growers. http://www.dawn.com/2008/04/01/ebr8.htm Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:34:33 +0200 Tate & Lyle is including a reference to food miles on cane sugar retail packs to indicate their impact on the environment, rather than declaring the carbon footprint of the products. http://www.foodmanufacture.co.uk/news/fullstory.php/aid/6165/Tate___Lyle_keeps_environmental_impact_labels_on_sugar_bags_short_and_sweet.html Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:34:33 +0200 As the world is at a blink of energy crisis, Liberia should be proactive to plan for this unnecessary energy crisis quickly with one of her blessings (sugarcane) that can significantly reduce unemployment, deforestation, global warning and open up a huge Sub-Saharan African market for sugarcane growers. In this new Liberia, we ought to be ahead of our time and not slow walk or be like an \"obstacle man\", whom, regardless of what suggestion was advanced, his mind instantly harbored all possible obstacles in connection with it. Our nation will soon be facing a greater energy crisis that is likely to take away all our money so we must begin to dream and take action now to prevent a future energy crisis in Liberia. We should not go crawling through this pending energy crisis of your time on our hands and knees half-defeated. We are ought to stand up to it, that is all, and we must not give way under it until something breaks. And it won\'t be us, it will be the energy crisis. http://allafrica.com/stories/200803281166.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 The Buzi Company, the main employer in the central Mozambican district of that name, and the Portuguese company Galp-Energia have formed a partnership to produce vegetable oil ad bio-diesel from oilseeds. http://allafrica.com/stories/200803281179.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 The sugar beet sector is surrounded by uncertainty after swingeing beet price cuts and ongoing political uncertainty. Crops asked British Sugar\'s managing director, Gino De Jaegher, for his views on where we go from here. http://www.fwi.co.uk/Articles/2008/03/28/109916/plans-in-place-for-sugar-beets-future-says-british-sugar-managing-director.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 American Crystal Sugar growers could cut their sugar beet acreage 15 percent or more this year. http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=196280&section=Business&freebie_check&CFID=21122164&CFTOKEN=45950735&jsessionid=88301739dd70146b256d Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 Brazil\'s ambassador to the United States told a crowd gathered Friday at New Orleans\' World Trade Center that Louisiana sugar farmers could turn their trade into profits by using the crop for ethanol production. http://www.nola.com/business/t-p/index.ssf?/base/money-1/1206768278253200.xml&coll=1 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 AUGUSTA, GA (WIS) - Another patient burned in the Imperial Sugar explosion has been discharged from the burn center. http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8087105 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 Hundreds of motorcyclists made a loud entrance onto Ga. 25 in Port Wentworth on Sunday afternoon, leather-clad comrades who rode some 76 miles on a chilly day to show their support for the victims of the Feb. 7 explosion at the Imperial Sugar Co. refinery. http://savannahnow.com/node/471982 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 A self-propelled loader leased by Michigan Sugar Co. has shown a $16,000 profit over a conventional loader in a test conducted at the sugar beet piling yard in Dover. http://todaysfarmer.ca/News/388388.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 After close to 100 years of sugar production, a patch of top-performing Richmond River cane land on the Far North Coast of NSW has been turned over to triticale production, becoming probably the nearest country to the sea to produce this wheatbelt crop. http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/grains-and-cropping/barley/sugar-cane-would-you-believe-turned-over-to-triticale/83722.aspx Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:20:24 +0200 Muzaffarnagar: The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided not to allow the sugar mills to stop its crushing till the availability of sugarcane in the fields of farmers in the State. http://www.hindu.com/2008/03/28/stories/2008032853080300.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:48:40 +0100 Danisco has reported a better-than-expected Q3 for its sugar division due, despite a challenging market and lower prices. http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?id=84249 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:48:40 +0100