By the end of March, given the chaotic situation in the Caribbean Sea Region, it was certain that this year's sugar cane planting wouldn't happen.
Joseph was reminded of the sugar beet planting report submitted by the Minister of Agriculture a few days ago.
The agricultural consulting firm had already signed a contracting agreement with the Church, and a vast amount of Church land had begun to be converted for sugar beet cultivation. Currently, the scale of sugar beet planting in France had reached 37,000 hectares, with nearly 10,000 hectares being cleared of previously sown grain. It would be ready for planting sugar beets within a month at most.
France possessed the world's most suitable climate and soil for growing sugar beets, hence the planting period was quite flexible; even if the planting took place at the beginning of May, a good harvest was assured.
