date:Feb 02, 2016
verall story for the 2016/17 season was much more sustainable.
Favourable local situation
The higher sugar values coupled with a lower Aussie dollar are fuelling strong prices for Australian producers, who export 80 per cent of their sugar, and have missed out on three free trade agreements in the past 13 years.
The countrys largest cane growing region, the Burdekin, is predicted to produce up to one million tonnes less cane than last season largely because of dry conditions.
Paul Schembri is th