Blairmont exceeds weekly production targets for the second week in a row

The Blairmont Sugar Estate has leveraged the favourable weather over the last seven days, according to the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), to increase its weekly sugar output target for the period ending March 25, 2023, by 12%.

“This is the second time for the first crop this year that this Estate has surpassed its weekly target,” GuySuCo said in a statement on Saturday.

On Saturday, March 25, 2023, 50% of the first crop production objective of 16,875 MT of sugar was attained.

Since all employees at that estate obtained higher compensation through the weekly performance incentive, this “good news” will increase the income of the sugar fraternity on the West Coast of Berbice.

Qualified workers who worked 80 percent or more days available for that week will benefit from another weekly production incentive scheme, which allows tax-free incentives when an estate achieves its weekly production target.

According to the statement, Estate Manager Threbhowan Shiwprasad said the achievement was possible due to the factory time efficiency of 95.5 percent, against a budget of 93.0 percent, and minimal downtime of 5.25 hours for the week.

Also contributing to this achievement is the cane quality, with Pol extraction of 92.4 percent, versus 91.1 percent budgeted, resulting in an improved Tonnes Cane to Tonnes Sugar (Tc/Ts) ratio of 11.53 percent versus the budgeted 13.04 percent.

The Executive Management congratulates the management and workers of Blairmont estate and urges all grinding estates to strive towards achieving the weekly production incentive. The Executive Management also implores workers to remain focused and committed to consistently achieving their weekly targets, as every effort is being made to harness better weather during March 2023 compared to the same period in 2022.