The Guyana Sugar Cor-poration (GuySuCo) says it has recorded its highest week of production since 2012 due to an increase in turnout among cane harvesters.
“The improved cane supply to the factories resulted in better factory performance,” GuySuCo said in a statement on Monday, while announcing that it produced 9,441 tonnes of sugar in its seventh week of production.
In particular, GuySuCo credited “major contributions” from Skeldon, Albion, Rose Hall and Blairmont estates, which it said surpassed their weekly production target, as well as a 95% achievement by the Wales Estate.
GuySuCo noted that Skeldon, Albion, Rose Hall and East Demerara estates all recorded an over 70% attendance by cane harvesters during the seventh week. Further, it noted an improvement in attendance at Wales Estate, from below 50% for the last three crops,
