The Guyana Rice Development Board (GRDB) is reporting that the second crop harvest is 95 per cent completed and that paddy being shipped to mills is in great condition.
GRDB General Manager Jagnarine Singh told Stabroek News that while issues with a small group of farmers along the Essequibo coast is “a work in progress,” so far there have been almost no complaints from farmers about paddy prices.
“Well, if there were discrepancies, I’m sure they would be calling the media first…but so far this is moving nicely. The reduced capacity in storage
