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D-cane-supply-agreement Dictionary

Cane-supply agreement

The contract setting how much cane a grower may deliver to a mill and how it is paid

All termsIntroduced in M17Open the Toolkit
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Plain meaning
The contract setting how much cane a grower may deliver to a mill and how it is paid
How to use it
Read the agreement's payment formula and delivery rules before planting.
South African benchmark
South African cane is delivered to mills under agreements coordinated by the industry structures described in Article 111.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M17-U2, M17-U5, M17-U6
Calculate it
T-M17-03 Contract Grower Income
Library sources
LIB-A112, LIB-P-Sugar, LIB-P-Sugar-IP
See also
Outgrower, Sucrose content
Sugar: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedSugar: how the business runsSold bytonnes of cane per hectare1Plant cane2Grow 12-18 months3Cut4Deliver to mill5Sugar and bagasseZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Sugar Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M17 Sugar.