The cane harvest was weeks away; Chip could be on the mainland by then, in hiding.

The family is eventually completed when a handsome stranger named Ciro (Luiz Carlos Vasconcelos) arrives to work the cane harvest.

The cane harvest is automated now.

LEAD: In the 1700's, a successful sugar cane harvest was celebrated with dancing, singing and feasting on Antilles Island plantations.

Aliid's first assignment on Poritrin had been to work the cane harvest.

They traveled into the night, staying between the great stalks of sugarcane, stopping often to dislodge the cart from some rut made by heavier wagons during the cane harvest.

Agriculture was transformed by imported American machines, each replacing 80 laborers during the cane harvest.

The hub of activities of sugar mill generate thousands of employment opportunities in the area cane cultivation, cane harvest and cane transportation etc.

Upon successful completion of site-specific engineering designs and execution of final JV agreements, construction on the facility will commence, with a targeted start-up during the 2013 cane harvest.

But a poor cane harvest and high sugar prices led to an ethanol shortage in 1990, enraging motorists who eventually migrated back to cars powered by gasoline.