Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha has announced that the replanting of cane has commenced at the Skeldon Estate that will be crushed at the Albion and Rose Hall factories.
At a meeting held at the Skeldon Estate on Friday, Mustapha stated that they have started to mechanize 5,000 hectares of land at the Skeldon Estate with replanting of canes already started. “We are hoping that by the end of this year we can plant a substantial amount of canes in that 5,000 hectares and also the intention is to complete an additional 5,000 hectares from Skeldon that we will crushed at Albion and Rose Hall factories that have the capacity to crush more canes,” he said.
While this is being done they are working to improve the overall performance of the two factories, he added.