The Uitvlugt sugar factory is scheduled to commence grinding over the weekend, Minister of Agriculture, Zulfikar Mustapha, stated on Wednesday.
According a Ministry of Agriculture release, the minister made this announcement during a meeting with cane farmers and management on Wednesday in the estate’s boardroom.
Mustapha told the farmers that sufficient canes were available to commence grinding, stressing that the canes were ripe when harvested. He reminded that since taking office, the government had invested large sums of money into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), and that it was working to revitalise the corporation through mechanisation, to increase production and yields.