HARVESTING has started on the Essequibo Coast and paddy is being sold without the planters knowing what prices they will receive for it.
Reports said, some 400 acres have already been harvested and the yield is at least 33.5 bags per acre, and while farmers are pleased with the production, they are looking forward to good prices from millers.
It is reported that all buying centres have not yet posted up offers for the A, B or C categories but are purchasing farmers’ produce.
One farmer confessed that he cannot keep his grains and has to sell to a miller although he does not know for how much.
Meantime, the reaping of the golden grains is continuing in the hot, sunny weather and the culling is expected to be done from some 32,500 acres across the Essequibo Coast and transported by tractors and trailers or trucks from fields to factories.