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An electronic issue prohibited Portvale sugar factory from accepting canes on Thursday and most of Friday, causing some delays during the sugar cane harvesting process.
However, deputy operations manager at the Blowers, St James factory, Marlon Monroe, on Friday said the problem at the weighbridge was solved and the factory was accepting canes again.
“On Wednesday evening around 5 p.m., there was a fault showing up on the scale for the weighbridge when we were closing off the weighbridge and doing tabulations. On Thursday morning, we started an investigation to find out the source of the issue.”
The manager said the problem was detected around 3 p.m. and the faulty equipment was replaced.
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 sugar and we are deliberately reducing that now to 5 200 to satisfy the domestic consumption and then for export to the United States,” Weir said.
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