Jamaica Gleaner Farmer's Weekly published: Saturday | June 19, 2004
Better Irish potato yields on horizon
SPALDINGS, Clarendon: ALVIN MURRAY, general manager of the Christiana Potato Growers Co-operative, has said that better Irish potato yields were expected this season over last season, as more farmers had planted 'A' grade seeds this time round.
ALTHOUGH CONSCIOUS of the monetary rewards that can be derived from investing in trees, Helen Chin-See, 89, places greater value on the beauty of the woody 'providers and protectors'. Mrs. Chin-See who has been planting trees mainly timber...
PEDRO WORGHS, the acting parish manager of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) in St. Ann, is encouraging farmers in the parish to adopt innovative ways to overcome the challenges now confronting the agricultural sector.