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By Emmanuel Joseph There is uncertainty about when this year’s sugar harvest will begin, with some unidentified issues related to field workers still unresolved. “Discussions are still ongoing on a number of [outstanding] issues on behalf of the workers,” Deputy General Secretary of the Barbados Workers’ Union (BWU) Dwaine Paul confirmed to Barbados TODAY. However, he said he was not in a position ....
By Sheria Brathwaite Private sugar cane farmers are ready and waiting on Government to ring the bell to signal the start of the sugar harvest with many expecting increased yields for 2023. On Tuesday, a Barbados TODAY roving team visited three of the 12 private farms to get a sense of the level of preparedness. Management at all three establishments reported that ....
Although Government is yet to disclose the outcome of the sugar harvest which concluded in the first week of June, private sugar cane farmers are reporting that they produced 66 000 tonnes of sugar cane this year.In an interview with Barbados TODAY on Tuesday, Chairman of the Barbados Sugar Industry Limited (BSIL) Mark Sealy said while that was slightly less than what they reaped in 2021, they produced more cane per acre than last year.He said this improvement was a high point for the problem-plagued harvest that started late and resulted in thousands of canes rotting.“Within the constraints that we had for the crop, the private farmers did quite well. But we were disappointed that we started the crop a month late and that created a lot of rotten cane. Then, of course, the factory broke down for two weeks and then we also had two weeks of unseasonal rains. So you’re talking about two months basically where we could not cut cane,” he said. ....
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Paul calls for boycott of sugarcane sellers along the highway barbadostoday.bb - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from barbadostoday.bb Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.