The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries is engaging credit unions and other financial entities, to provide assistance to Irish potato farmers, through the introduction of a crop lien facility. Supported...

Cabinet has approved another $95 million to provide assistance to the agricultural sector in the wake of severe drought conditions which affected the island from January to July of this...

The Ministry of Agriculture  and Fisheries is engaging credit unions and other financial entities, to provide assistance to Irish potato farmers, through the introduction of a crop lien facility. Supported...

The local pig/pork industry continues to have great potential for growth and ongoing development, despite the many challenges facing the sector. This was stated by outgoing President of the Jamaica...

Local farmers are being urged to safeguard their pigs against the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv), by President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jamaica Broilers Group, Chris Levy. The...

Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dervan Spence, has lauded local pig farmers for creating a “self-sufficient pork industry”. Mr. Spence, who was speaking at the...

The Government is targeting an employment boom from the strengthening of linkages between agriculture and tourism. Director of Taxation Policy in the Ministry of Finance and Planning, Ian Scarlett, said...

Chief Technical Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Dervan Spence, has informed that under the National Animal Identification and Traceability System (NAITS), all animals, including pigs, sheep and goats, will...