Rains delay GuySuCo harvesting

Recent heavy rains have slowed down cane harvesting but once the weather improves efforts will be made to make up for the time lost, Minister of Agriculture Robert Persaud said on Monday.

He told reporters at a press briefing at his office that nothing from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) suggests the likelihood of a failure to meet the target of 133,400 tonnes for the first crop. Persaud noted that recent rains have slowed down