GuySuCo for its first crop of 2024 has produced just over 6, 737 tonnes of sugar as opposed to the 16,000 tonnes targeted.
The poor return has been mainly due to the Albion Estate not contributing to production in the first crop due to a fire which occurred in February.
Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha last week while confirming that the replanting of cane had commenced at the Skeldon Estate also said that there were several issues encountered in the first crop. He said, “We have a number of setbacks, first crop of this year our target was around 16,000 tonnes but we eventually end up with approximately 6,400 tonnes.”