Let sugar mills pay ‘additional’ amount to cane cultivators, say delta farmers

Let sugar mills pay ‘additional’ amount to cane cultivators, say delta farmers

Delta farmers urge sugar mills to provide additional payments to support fair pricing for sugarcane amid rising input costs.

Cane farmers call for review of land rents

Farmers in the North are calling on the iTaukei Land Trust Board to review agricultural land rents, saying high lease costs are adding to the financial pressures facing the sugar industry. Rent, together with fertiliser, cultivation, harvesting and other production expenses, is becoming increasingly difficult to meet amid rising living costs and declining returns from […]