Sugarcane crushing season to be prolonged?

ATM News Network
The talks about the prolonged rains are making the sugarcane farmers a bit worried. The extended stay of the monsoon is likely to postpone the 2022-23 crushingseason in the state by at least a fortnight. After last year, the state has again recorded record production of sugar. A delay in the fall season is likely to have political and administrative implications.

According to Economic Times report, we were supposed to start sugarcane crushing from October 1. However, the government gave permission to start filtration from October 15. It is difficult to start sieving now as it is not possible to harvest in waterlogged fields.

“If the area under sugarcane is the same, we may face the same situation as last year”, said Sanjay Khatal, Managing Director, Maharashtra State Cooperative Sugar Factory Federation.
Kolhapur businessman Ghorpade said that if there is no more rain, it is expected that the factories will start working from the first week of November. Prolonged rains are good for increasing sugarcane yield per acre.