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Sugar Season Delayed Again
posted (January 17, 2014)
Earlier this week we told you that cane deliveries should start next week Monday at 10. Well, tonight, the latest information is that those deliveries won't start until next week Friday, January 24.

The decision came out of a meeting between BSI, BSCFA, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Works, which happened today. Contracts have been signed, but the works on the sugar roads, which are in a very bad condition, have been very slow, and all parties believe that they will not be passable on Monday. They have delayed it for another 4 days to give the contractors more time. Estimates from the experts are that for every week that the season is delayed under the amended scheduled, that's about 3 million dollars in production that is lost.

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