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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 Whi...

Bank Holiday ‘deal’ to make up lost time

The 2022 sugar harvest did not get off to a smooth start yesterday. There was a computer glitch at the weigh bridge at Portvale sugar factory which caused a prolonged “dead time” on several plantations, as workers had to wait longer for the large blue trailer bins to return so they could get on with their duties. However, when contacted around noon, operations manager of the Blowers, St James factory, …

Experts predict bumper sugar harvest for 2021 Article by February 27, 2021 Favourable rainfall and improved yields have led experts to predict that the 2021 sugar harvest will produce more than it did last year. With the season set to commence on March 1, Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir told members of the media during a press conference at Wakefield, St John this morning, that it has been projected that 107 000 tonnes of sugar cane yields would be produced this year, 17 more than the 90 000 tonnes reaped in 2020. “We have produced 7 200 tones of sug...