The sugarcane crushing operations for the year 2023-24 at Mysugar Factory at Mandya was inaugurated by Sugar Minister Shivanand Patil on Thursday and nearly 3 lakh tonne of sugarcane is expected to be crushed during the present kharif season.
He said the target for the season was to crush 3,000 tonne per day and this could go up to 5,000 tonne per day in the days ahead. To start with, about 1,500 tonne to 2,000 tonne of sugarcane will be crushed and the operations will pick up steam, according to Mr. Patil, who said that a technical snag in the turbine had resulted in a slight delay in the commencement of the operations.
The factory will pay the Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) fixed by the government to procure sugarcane from farmers this year, the Minister added, pointing out that the farmers were paid ₹2,800 per tonne of sugarcane last year despite low recovery.
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