Mills in Center South Brazil crushed 34.42 million mt of cane in the second half of October, down by 11.62% on the year and taking the total for the 2014-2015 season to November 1st to 515.26 million mt, down by 0.47% from a year earlier,
a Unica release reports. To date, 48 mills and distilleries have closed, together accounting for 12.29% of the 2013-2014 harvest