A sugar federation asked the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) over the weekend to reconsider starting the milling season in August, instead of September this year.
A sugar federation asked the Sugar Regulatory Administration over the weekend to reconsider starting the milling season in August, instead of September this year.
In a statement, Sugar Council said that last year, five Negros mills started milling in August, with two mills commencing operations on August 8, in response to the national government’s call to mill the canes early because of the acute sugar shortage. The letter was signed by Confederation of Sugar Producers’ Associations Inc. president Aurelio Gerardo Valderrama Jr., National Federation of Sugarcane Planters president Enrique Rojas, and Panay Federation of Sugarcane Farmers president Danilo Abelita.
The Sugar Council also cited the need for fresh income by the producers, especially the small farmers, after months of no work in the farm.Numerous sugar mills stopped milling in April this year, instead of the traditional May up to June.Complicating the financial quandary of the sugar producers is the obligation to their farm workers, who have also been looking forward to getting back to work this August.
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