Uttar Pradesh Kicks Off Sugarcane Crushing Season 2025-26

Imagine farmers growing a lot of sweet grass called sugarcane.

In Uttar Pradesh, a big farming area in India, a special time has started called the sugarcane crushing season.

This is when special factories, called sugar mills, start cutting and crushing the sugarcane to make sugar.

On Tuesday, 21 of these factories began their work.

The government wants these factories to pay the farmers quickly for the sugarcane they buy.

Uttar Pradesh is the biggest sugarcane grower in India, so this season is very important for them and for making sugar for everyone.

The government also decided to pay farmers a little more for their sugarcane this year.