GuySuCo produced some 5,600 bags of rice from the 200 acres that were planted at the former Wales sugar estate, about 2,000 bags short of its target.
GuySuCo’s Senior Communications Officer Audreyanna Thomas told Stabroek News on Sunday that the sugar company was only able to reap approximately 28 bags per acre, instead of the expected 38 bags per acre.
Despite the shortfall, Thomas said that the company is still going to continue planting rice and will add another 285 acres, bringing the total amount of acreage to be planted to 485 acres. This process should begin before the end of the month.
