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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left), is briefed by goat farmer, Delarno Small, during a farm tour in Bonnet District, Guys Hill, St. Catherine, on November 20. Also pictured are Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and St. Catherine North Eastern Member of Parliament, Hon. Kerensia Morrison (second row, right); Councillor for the Guys Hill Division, Joseph Johnson (second row, left); and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Chief Executive Officer, Garnet Edmondson (background).
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (left), is briefed by goat farmer, Delarno Small, during a farm tour in Bonnet District, Guys Hill, St. Catherine, on November 20. Also pictured are Minister of State in the Ministry of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport and St. Catherine North Eastern Member of Parliament, Hon. Kerensia Morrison (second row, right); Councillor for the Guys Hill Division, Joseph Johnson (second row, left); and Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Chief Executive Officer, Garnet Edmondson (background).

Resilient Farmer Expanding Goat Rearing After Hurricane Melissa Setbacks

By: Vanessa James, November 26, 2025
Delarno Small, a dedicated farmer from Bonnet District in Guys Hill, St. Catherine, is demonstrating resilience as he recovers from losses sustained during Hurricane Melissa and pursues significant expansion of...
Tagged cows were featured at the 71st Denbigh Agricultural, Industrial and Food Show in May Pen, Clarendon, on August 1. The Agricultural Protection Branch (APB) of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) urges farmers to utilise the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), which will assist the police in reducing praedial larceny and apprehending perpetrators.

JCF’S Agricultural Protection Branch Urges Farmers to Use NAITS to Combat Praedial Larceny

By: Vanessa James, November 26, 2025
St. Catherine North Eastern Member of Parliament, Hon. Kerensia Morrison (right), relays the hurricane damage experienced in Bonnet District, Guys Hill, in St. Catherine, to Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (centre) and State Minister, Hon. Franklin Witter (second right) during a farm tour in the community on Thursday (November 20). Poultry farmers, Nadisha Simmonds-Small (left) and her husband, Conway Small (second left), have sustained approximately $750,000 in loss to their poultry operation. The tour forms part of the Ministry’s hurricane recovery plan and culminated with a Farmers Meeting at the Guys Hill Town Hall, where farmers received irish potato seeds, fertilisers and vegetable seeds.

Poultry Farmer Grateful That Ministry Will Help to Rebuild Sector

By: Vanessa James, November 25, 2025

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