SACADAS AT WORK. Antique migrant workers in a sugarcane plantation in Negros Occidental in this May 19, 2020 photo. Over 4,000 sacadas are preparing for deployment to sugar-rich Negros Occidental in time for the milling season in September.(Photo courtesy of Antique PIO) ILOILO CITY - Life in the sugarcane industry is not always sweet but small players and stakeholders in Iloilo persevere as it has been "the most favorable crop" that has sustained the province even through this pandemic. The sugarcane industry is almost a PHP10-billion industry in Iloilo taking into account the fuel, fertilizer, truck parts, equipment, and labor, among others that are involved in the production chain, according to Iloilo Board Member Matt Palabrica on Friday. Palabrica has been championing the cause of farmers including that of sugarcane planters in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. During the pandemic, the money that circulated in Iloilo under the sugarcane industry alone reached almost PHP10 bi