Sugar factories in Karnataka’s Belagavi district are offering higher, sugar-price-linked cane payments to prevent farmers from diverting produce to Maharashtra. Growers could...
Karnataka sugarcane farmers face declining yields due to weak monsoon rainfall linked to El Niño, alongside rising cultivation costs. The estimated nine-million-tonne...
Karnataka sugarcane farmers protested in Bengaluru, demanding ₹4,500 per tonne, a state-specific price, ethanol profit sharing and financial relief. They warned of...
India’s three public sector OMCs have rejected Karnataka’s claims that petrol contains 26–31% ethanol, asserting that E20 supplies comply with BIS standard...
Belagavi’s 29 sugar factories are set to begin the delayed 2026-27 crushing season after farmers withdrew protests following an agreement for ₹3,600...
Sugarcane farmers in Karnataka’s Belagavi district agreed to accept ₹3,600 per tonne and withdraw protests, allowing mills to begin the 2026-27 crushing...
Sugarcane farmers in Belagavi have yet to call off their week-long protest despite sugar mills agreeing to pay Rs 3,600 per tonne,...
Karnataka has intensified its crackdown on illegal rice stockpiling and PDS grain diversion, seizing over 18 lakh kg of rice and 250...
Karnataka minister Satish Jarkiholi said sugar mills cannot begin crushing without farmers’ consent, citing uncertainty over sugar prices and Central government policies....