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The Bangkok Post
The Bangkok Post
The Thai Sugar Millers Corporation (TSMC) will discuss with the government a plan to better support domestic sugar prices by buying sugarcane at a higher price in order to encourage farmers to grow more. The plan, which will support fresh sugarcane sales in the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 crop years, aims to buy the crops from farmers at 1,200 baht a tonne, but the produce must have a commercial cane sugar (CCS) sweetness level of 12.63, said Siriwut Siempakdi, chairman of TSMC. The plan will not only support sugarcane farming but also urge farmers to harvest fresh sugarcane for sale as harvesting…
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