4 August, 2021, 11:10 am Fiji Sugar Corporation workers tip over cane for crushing at the Lautoka sugar mill. Picture: BALJEET SINGH/FT FILE The Fiji Sugar Corporation’s (FSC) three mills crushed 283,000 tonnes of cane as of August 1 and produced 24,000 tonnes of sugar. The tonnes cane to tonnes sugar (TCTS) ratio for the season is 11:91, meaning the FSC crushed 11.91 tonnes of cane to make one tonne of sugar for this period. The National Farmers Union (NFU) expressed serious concern that all three sugar mills are performing well below capacity, keeping lorry drivers waiting for several hours to offload cane. “All three mills are under-performing but there is no word from the FSC on what is wrong,” said NFU general secretary Mahendra Chaudhry.