Fed: Sugar cane harvest declined in 2008-09, report found

AAP General News (Australia)
12-04-2009
Fed: Sugar cane harvest declined in 2008-09, report found

A report has found the amount of sugar produced in Australia continued to decline in 2008-09.

The federal government's Sugar Research and Development Corporation report has found
less than 4.3 million tonnes of sugar was produced last financial year .. the lowest amount
produced since 2001.

The report says the decline is due to years of poor prices .. high input costs and
lucrative offers for land for other uses.

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KEYWORD: SUGAR (CANBERRA)

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