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The 2023 sugarcane harvest got off to a slow start today.Reports from some private cane farmers indicated that the large blue trucks/bins, which transport several tonnes of cane to Portvale Sugar Factory in Blowers, St James, arrived at a number of plantations late and caused some delays.Manager at Edgcumbe Plantation Richard Mayers said that his workers started cutting canes in Fire Hill, St George around 7 a.m. but the first blue bin arrived on site nearly an hour and a half later with the second one reaching the location at 11:20 a.m.At Drax Hall Plantation in St George, manager Phillip Whitehead said he also had challenges getting the canes transported to the factory.He said the first set of canes were cut around 8:30 a.m. and it took two hours for a blue bin to arrive.
The 2023 sugar cane harvest season may not start by mid-February as anticipated by the Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir and other officials.The start date will depend on the environmental conditions and maturity of the crop according to agronomist and acting head of the Agronomy Research Department (ARD) Nyah Nyhathu.He told Barbados TODAY in an exclusive interview that a series of tests would first have to be carried out by the ARD but this critical research had been delayed by recent rains.He said an island-wide brix survey would confirm the readiness of the canes, which will determine the start of the 2023 harvest.
Preparations are underway for this year’s sugar cane harvest to commence by mid-February, with some stakeholders predicting that the 2023 output will be sweeter than last year’s.Minister of Agriculture Indar Weir told Barbados TODAY in an interview on Monday that every effort was being made to start this year’s harvest early.And the island’s 12 private cane farmers are confident they will improve their yields this year and produce about 30 per cent more cane that they did last year.Weir said based on reports from management at the island’s lone operating sugar factory, Portvale, the equipment needed to repair machinery at the Blower’s, St James facility was on hand and there should be no delays.“We have gone ahead and ordered all of the replacement parts for the boilers, those tubes have been installed and the factory is good to go for mid-February. So trials will be done this month to ensure that the factory is ready and able to withstand the pressures of persistent grin
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