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Senior Livestock Specialist with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Maxine Brown, speaking at a JIS Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office at 58A Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston. Ms. Brown is lauding the efforts of the Langston University in providing support to RADA by way of training in the use of the Langston Interactive Nutrient Calculator (LINC).
Senior Livestock Specialist with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority, Maxine Brown, speaking at a JIS Think Tank at the Agency’s Head Office at 58A Half-Way Tree Road in Kingston. Ms. Brown is lauding the efforts of the Langston University in providing support to RADA by way of training in the use of the Langston Interactive Nutrient Calculator (LINC).

13 Livestock Officers Receive Training in Langston Interactive Nutrient Calculator

By: TWILA WHEELAN, March 5, 2025
Thirteen livestock officers with the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) have received training to use the Langston Interactive Nutrient Calculator, (LINC). The software, developed by Oklahoma-based Langston University, aids in...
Project Coordinator/Manager for the Agri-Linkages Exchange (ALEX), Candice Constantine, outlines the benefits of the platform to farmers at the Jamaica Blue Mountain Coffee Festival’s Farmers’ Trade Day. The event was held at UTECH’s Alfred Sangster Auditorium on February 28.

Over $40 Million Earned on Alex Platform So Far This Year

By: Donique Weston, March 4, 2025
Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Orville Palmer, delivers the main address at the St. Thomas Cassava Festival at the Golden Grove Sports Complex in St. Thomas on February 28.

St. Thomas Cassava Festival to Become Annual Event

By: Mickella Anderson-Gordon, March 3, 2025

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Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green.
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Minister Green Tours Irish Potato Farms

Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, says local Irish potato farmers are primed to produce sufficient yields to boost national outputs significantly for 2025 and beyond. “Despite...
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By: Garwin Davis, February 27, 2025
Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green (fourth left), is joined by residents as he cuts the ribbon to officially open the Big Ground district farm road in Newcombe Valley, St. Elizabeth, on Friday (February 21).
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71 Farm Roads Rehabilitated

Seventy-one farm roads across the island, have been repaired under the $870 million national Farm Road Rehabilitation Programme. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, made the disclosure...
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