Sugar Rises on Concern Over Cane Yields in Top Grower Brazil
'Even though cane-crushing numbers are massive now as we are approaching the peak of the season, lower yields constantly reported might push the Brazilian crop in the fourth quarter to a sudden death,' said Claudiu Covrig of Covrig Analytics. Mills may run out of cane earlier than expected, he said.
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