August 16, 2022, 8:25 PM
August 16, 2022, 8:25 PM
Bermejo Agricultural Industries Limited Company (Iabsa) started this year’s harvest with the prospect of obtaining a production 600,000 quintals of sugar and 3 million liters of alcohol.
According to agribusiness executives, it is intended to grind 257,000 tons of sugar cane for its transformation into both products.
The harvest began after finalizing the signing of the supply contract raw material with cane growers in Bermejo last Friday.
From the mill they told EL DEBER that the delay in milling is due to the fact that a sugarcane sector did not allow the collection of the product in the factory facilities and that was overcome once the agreement was signed.
After the startup, in the agribusiness they have expectations that it will be a good harvest and they hope that no climatic problems arise in the following months.
The executive secretary of the Federation of Sugarcane Producers of Bermejo (Feprocab), Gumercindo Condori, He stated that they will ensure the supply from raw material to agribusiness with the prospect of milling proceeding smoothly.
“The cane growers harvest and deliver all the cane to the field for its industrialization,” said the leader.
Unlike the Santa Cruz mills, the Bermejo mill This year’s harvest started late initially due to a labor demand from former workers and a lack of agreement with the cane producers.
