Song Con Sugarcane Joint Stock Company increases sugarcane purchase price

(Baonghean.vn) - Song Con - Tan Ky Sugarcane Joint Stock Company has entered the production season of 2015-2016. The sugarcane purchasing price this year is 860 thousand VND/ton, an increase of 60 thousand VND compared to last year.

Farmers in Nghia Phuc commune, Tan Ky district harvest sugarcane.

This year, the sugarcane raw material area of ​​Song Con - Tan Ky Sugarcane Joint Stock Company reached 5,500 hectares of standing sugarcane, a decrease of 200 hectares compared to last year, due to drought causing many sugarcane areas to die. The average sugarcane yield is estimated at nearly 50 tons/ha (last year the average sugarcane yield was 45 tons/ha).

Sugarcane is transported to the factory and samples are drilled to measure sugar content.

All stages of sugarcane sugar measurement are programmed by computer software.

Up to now, after 1 week of sugarcane pressing, the Company has purchased nearly 30 thousand tons of raw sugarcane for the people. The sugarcane pressing capacity of the factory is currently 3,300 tons/cane/day.

Xuan Hoang