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USDA cuts India’s 2026/27 sugar production forecast to 29.5 million metric tons
The Economic Times reports an expected rainfall shortfall could reduce sugarcane sucrose levels and the area available for harvest.
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The USDA lowered its forecast for India’s 2026/27 sugar production to 29.5 million metric tons because of an expected rainfall shortfall, the Economic Times reports. The shortfall could reduce sugarcane sucrose levels and the area available for effective harvesting. Drought conditions could also disrupt milling by early 2027.
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