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ecause me nah get money to pay the her two workman. Me nah even get oney for meself, much less to pay them,” e farmer shared.
He explained that three trailers of cane the equivalent of 14 tons of cane that oduces a ton of sugar. “The last week hen Uitvlugt grind off, they tek a huned and something ton cane to mek one n sugar. They say something happen to e factory”, said the man. His wife neary, chimed in that it’s impossible for the ctory to use up a 100-plus tons of cane to oduce a ton sugar and claimed that omething was “fishy”. He noted also, ometimes he waits all day or two days if e factory is broken-down before his ailers are off-loaded.
At the end of a crop, the farmer will harest some 400 tons of cane that will prouce about 30 tons of sugar. Whenever it’s me to harvest, Gendalal shared that he ould have to pay his workman $7,500 r the day as they cut, tied and loaded five ns of cane. When it is time to harvest endalal takes on five workmen who ork seven days a week until they are one harvesting.
“You nah mek no money plus they don’t ve you all the money one time. First payent is when you cut the cane, they will ve you $40,000 [per ton of sugar]. econd payment they give you $10,000 ut instead of giving you the money they GuySuCo] will give you the manure orth in the money then final payment, ey gon give you $8,000 more and by the me they give you, you got to study fuh uh backdam with it, so is like you almost
work free all this time; you ain’t got othing to get from cane. That’s why I got
sell sweet potato, orange and cassava. efore Wales close down, you get enough oney to buy all what you want, not ow,” Gendalal said.
In addition the man said, prices for ferisers and pesticides have gone up and rmers are being paid far less for a ton of ugar. He noted that if his worker sprays e cane and then the rain falls and washes out, he still has to pay his worker for the b he did then pay him again to redo it. “It barely ah pay and we got struggle ore hard for less money, for lil bit ah oney. Most of the time I got to pay works out of me pocket,” lamented Gendalal.