Light Crop Cocoa Season To Open On June 10

Ghana Cocoa Board announced on Monday that the 2011 light crop season will open on June 10. A statement signed by the Chief Executive, Mr Tony Fofie, said the producer price to be paid at all buying centres would be GH�96 per load of 30 kilograms for grade 1 and grade 11 cocoa beans naked ex-scale or GH�200 per bag of 64 kilograms gross. A ton of 16 bags is GH�3,200, it said.