Introduction

The gravamen of last week’s discussion of the technological developments pursued by Booker Tate and GuySuCo in the area of cane cultivation is that these were expected to proceed hand-in-hand with technological improvements in the factories.  This complementarity, is of course, essential, if overall industry efficiency and a lower unit cost of producing sugar are to be realized.

As presented, two main rallying cries have led the charge for these agricultural improvements. One has been for the substantially increased role of private independent cane farming. Thus, …..