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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.
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
Poultry farmer, Nadisha Simmonds-Small, has expressed gratitude for the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining’s plan to rebuild the poultry sector, which sustained extensive damage during the passage of Hurricane...
A photo of a coop with chickens belonging to poultry farmer Nadisha Simmonds-Small, who lost some of her birds during the passage of Hurricane Melissa. Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining, Hon. Floyd Green, viewed hurricane damaged farms on Thursday (November 20) during a field tour in Bonnet District, Guys Hill in St. Catherine, as part of the Ministry’s Hurricane Melissa recovery plan.

Agriculture Ministry to Rebuild Poultry Sector After 1.1M Bird Loss

By: Vanessa James, November 22, 2025
Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) Trelawny Parish Agricultural Manager, Courtney Taylor, addresses farmers during Wednesday’s (November 19) RADA Connect/GraceKennedy (GK) General Insurance handover ceremony, held in Litchfield, Trelawny. Approximately 32 farmers received insurance payouts under the GraceKennedy (GK) Weather Protection Programme to support their recovery following Hurricane Melissa.

32 Farmers In Litchfield, Trelawny, Receive Insurance Payouts To Support Hurricane Recovery

By: Reneek Brown, November 22, 2025

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