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Cuba Optimistic on a Better Sugar Harvest

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8/26/2006 10:51:00 PM

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Cuba Optimistic on a Better Sugar Harvest

Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit

[Along with a recovering citrus industry and a better coffee harvest,
Cuba hopes the improved weather will also result in an improved sugar
harvest. Prices on all these commodities have gone up this year.-NYTr]

Agencia Cubana de Noticias (AIN)
http://ainch.ain.cu/mailman/listi...

Cuba Sweet on Upping Sugar Production

Havana, Aug 25 (ACN) The upcoming sugar cane harvest could see a yield
greater than last year's, thanks to the increased availability of
fertilizers and more rainfall.

The announcement was made by Sugar Minister Ulises Rosales del Toro,
who said that improved conditions have sparked optimism, though the
productive potential of sugar cane plantations is still greater than
expected output, the newspaper Granma reported.

Rosales said that an upcoming evaluation in September will determine a
more exact estimation of sugar cane production and the strategy to be
followed during the harvest. He also announced that processing of cane
could begin before January at some sugar mills.

The Cuban official described efforts made by farmers in planting
780,000 hectares of land with sugar cane as an attempt to revitalize
sugar production. He also stressed the importance of thousands of
workers and their families who are mobilizing on weekly basis to help
boost sugar cane cultivation.

Rosales announced that the last stage of industrial repair and
maintenance activity begins in September and that all 61 sugar mills
scheduled to be in operation during the harvest will provide the
capacity needed by the country to increase sugar production over
upcoming years.

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