Crucial meeting for breeders
Farmers’ associations and industrialists meet this Tuesday morning for a new exchange about the Sugar Cane Convention 2022-2027. The planters have risen up against Tereos and regret not being heard, particularly at the “Long Machine Cane” level. They demand financial guarantees to start cutting the sugar cane.
The prefect of Réunion orchestrated the final negotiations, notably allowing Albioma and the rum makers to participate in the sugar cane convention. Jacques Billant called for a better distribution of the profits made. For bagasse, the state has already provided an additional subsidy of 3 euros per tonne of sticks.
Planters are now hoping that Tereos will agree to change his position at the new meeting in the prefecture. The industrialist assures him that in the next five years he will not be able to react to the changes in the sugar market without a “government safety net”.
A new felling operation is organized by the planters. Farmers organize a convoy of tractors from Saint-Joseph to Sain-Denis this Tuesday morning.