Farmers meet to discuss crop

DUANVALE, Trelawny — Scores of cane farmers met here today to discuss a raft of issues affecting their crop.

Chief among the farmers' concerns was the premature end of the 2009/2010 crop at the Long Pond Sugar factory.

The farmers also expressed concern about the planned closure of the Long Pond sugar factory for one year.

One farmer told the meeting that as a result of the premature end of the crop, some 7,000 tonnes of cane in Trelawny was not reaped.

But chairman of the All Island Jamaica Cane Farmers Association Allan Rickards told the farmers that arrangements have been made to transport their cane to the Monymusk Sugar factory in Clarendon.