Rufus Farquharson: Working with cattle was always in his blood
Malvern, St. Elizabeth: Sixty-six-year-old Rufus Farquharson has been a cattle farmer for more than three decades. However, most of those years were spent tending to cattle that belonged to his employer near Newton in St. Elizabeth.
Management shake-up for SCJ - Part of efforts to maximise output
The cash-strapped Sugar Company of Jamaica (SCJ) is to carry out a management shake-up as part of efforts to maximise efficiency and output as the Ministry of Finance pumps in $600 million to help it prepare...
New device to improve fish catch
The Fisheries Division in the Ministry of Agriculture and Lands is to begin construction of a fishing device to improve fish catch as part of its Fish Aggregation Project.
RADA expands irrigation system to small farmers
Some 90 small farms throughout Jamaica are being provided with reliable water sources under the Rural Agricultural Development Authority's (RADA) small-scale irrigation programme. These farms, covering 56.4 hectares...
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