Workers at Gay & Robinson, the island’s last sugar operation, brought in a record crop this fall, 59,110 tons of sugar. It was also one of the toughest harvests in recent years, because of the surprising amount of rain experienced
Workers at Gay & Robinson, the island’s last sugar operation, brought in a record crop this fall, 59,110 tons of sugar.
It was also one of the toughest harvests in recent years, because of the surprising amount of rain experienced on the fields from Hanapepe to Waimea.
“We don’t like harvesting into November and December,” said a G&R spokesman who did not want to be identified.
E. Alan Kennett, G&R president, is on vacation for the rest of the year, and could not be reached for comment.
“It was a tough year” because of rain delays, the spokesman said.
Meanwhile, visitors and residents seemed to be enjoying the Kaua‘i version of a white Christmas, the presence of white-pink-colored tops to cane stalks in some fields along Kaumuali‘i Highway between Hanapepe and Waimea.
Workers did not spray to eliminate the vibrant-colored tassels atop the plants, according to Christine Fayé of Gay & Robinson Tours LLC, a company which conducts mill and field tours and added an allterrain- vehicle tour component.
