Sugarcane acreage in the country was at 5.05 mln ha, slightly higher than 4.97 mln ha a year ago, but unchanged from a week ago. In Uttar Pradesh, which has emerged as the largest sugar producer in the past two years, cane acreage was the highest at 2.31 mln ha, compared with 2.26 mln ha a year ago. In Maharashtra, another major grower, the area under sugarcane was 1.3% higher on year at 949,000 ha, the data showed. It was also unchanged from a week ago.