Sugar cane harvesting starts

It was announced by Minister of Agriculture, Indar Weir that the sugar havest would begin yesterday, February 24. So said, so done. The Barbados Advocate was able to capture some of the freshly harvested cane being transported from Edgecumbe, St.Philip to Portvale Sugar Factory yesterday.

Around 12:40 pm, a large transport vehicle arrived to collect the cane from two new in-field tipping trailers parked in a field in Edgecumbe. This publication understands from sources on the ground that these new pieces of equipment were being used for the first time. This method will be replacing transport stations due to its cost-effectiveness.