JAS head urges CARICOM to ban poultry imports
President of the Jamaica Agricultural Society (JAS), Senator Norman Grant, is proposing that a ban be placed on the importation of chicken into CARICOM to foster local and regional advancement.The JAS president, who is also the chairman of the Caribbean Farmers'...
Coffee farmers to get substantial share of insurance payout - Grant
Senator Norman Grant, president of the Jamaica Agricultural Society, is assuring coffee farmers that they will be getting a substantial portion of the US$3.2 million (J$211 million) that they were to receive in insurance payout from the collapsed Dyoll...
Agriculture Minister announces greenhouse collaboration
Walderston, Manchester: Minister of Agriculture and Lands, Roger Clarke, has announced a twinning of the Bodles Research Station and the Christiana Potato Growers Association's (CPGCA) research in greenhouse technology.
Ex-truckertakes his turn at pig rearing
Spaldings, Clarendon: Fifty-six-year-old Donald Elliott was a trucker for four decades, but two years ago he decided to bail out to rear pigs commercially. The pig farmer, who resides in Sanguinetti, Clarendon, told Farmers...
MARKET Life
NAME OF VENDOR: Gloria Allen - YEARS AS A VENDOR: 16MARKET: Porus, Manchester - ON THE AVAILABILITY, PRICE AND SALE OF ORANGES:"Oranges are not difficult to get for sale at this time, because it is plentiful.
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