The Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) hosted its inaugural Most Productive Cane Harvester Ceremony on January 11, 2025, at the Albion Estate’s Senior Staff Club.
“Under this programme, the top three cane harvesters from each of GuySuCo’s four grinding Estates, Albion, Blairmont, Rose Hall, and Uitvlugt received incentives of $500,000, $300,000, and $200,000 for first, second, and third places, respectively”, a press release yesterday from GuySuCo stated.
Suraj Thakurdyal was honoured as the most productive cane harvester for Albion Estate and the entire sugar industry for the 2024 second crop. With 17 years of service up his sleeves at the Albion Estate’s 17B Gang, Thakurdyal worked all 121 required days, harvesting 11.14 tons of cane per day a total of 1,348.255 tons.