Uitvlugt Estate renting excvator to load canes for $$$$$ per hour

was paying a large sum hourly to utilize the machine. Workers have queried given the large sums being reportedly expended why the GuySuCo is not seeking to acquire cane (bell) loaders. They surmised given what they understood to be the princely sum being paid the sugar company could acquire more cane loaders.

Additionally, workers have expressed serious concerns about the damages to the fields created using the machine. The workers shared that the traversing of the machine along the fields was damaging many cane stools and in the absence of rehabilitative works, subsequent cane growth would be depressed while creating open areas for the growth of grass and vines. In aggregate, sugar production would suffer.