Maharashtra sugar production higher than expectations on favourable weather conditions

As the 2023-24 crushing season in Maharashtra nears the end, sugar mills in the State have crushed 106,686 million tonnes(mt) of sugarcane to produce 10,936 mt of sugar. Out of 207 sugar mills operational this season, 196 mills have stopped crushing.
It is reported by thehindubusinessline.
Last year during the same period, 211 mills had crushed 105,391 mt of sugarcane to produce 10,523 mt of sugar. The extract percentage or sugar recovery...