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.
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
Government can no longer sustain pumping close to $30 million annual into the sugar industry. And the end of the current season in April will trigger the commencement of a phased withdrawal by the state and the move towards promised privatisation. “In terms of the transitioning of the sugar industry to a private sector-owned industry, with no Government participation, for the end of this coming financial year that process should …
Bridgetown, Jan 5 (Prensa Latina) The government of Barbados will gradually begin the promised privatization of the national sugar industry,at the end of the sugar harvest in April this year, an official source announced.
If you have never heard of the Captain’s Annex which is located on 36 Blowers Road, St. James then you are missing out on viewing a picturesque location.
The location which is nestled to the right of the Portvale Sugar Factory is a home for premium events, corporate and business workshops, and weddings.
Director of Operations at the Captain’s Annex Juliette Cumberbatch