ON THE FARM - Pastor with a passion for cattle rearing
Malvern, St. Elizabeth: Despite his full schedule doing the Lord's work, Reverend Devon Anglin, minister at the Bethlehem Moravian Church in Malvern, St. Elizabeth, still finds time to be a successful farmer. Rev. Anglin, who is in his early 40s, told Farmers Weekly...
Coffee insurance payments due by month end
Coffee farmers whose holdings were destroyed by Hurricane Ivan in 2004 are to finally receive insurance payments by month end. This was the decision coming out of an emergency meeting held yesterday with the Coffee Industry Board...
RADA issues ID to farmers
The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is currently issuing an identification (ID) badge that will allow farmers to benefit from discounts at certain stores across the island. The new idenfication will complement the existing Agri-Business...
Breeding stock for St. ann goat farmers
Over 60 farmers from Discovery Bay and surrounding communities in St.Ann are expected to benefit from a goat rearing/breed improvement project launched recently by St. Ann Jamaica Bauxite Partners. The main objective of the project is to improve the local goat stock...
MARKET Life - Bobsy Gibbs
Name of vendor: Bobsy Gibbs Years as a vendor: 20 Market: Browns' Town, St.Ann - On selling in the market: I sell a lot of different ground provisions such as yam, sweet and Irish potatoes, green banana and so on.
Call to expand organic farming in Jamaica
Black River, St. Elizabeth: Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works, Water & Housing, Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says more effort should be made to expand organic farming, as well as modern technology to realise the true potential of the agricultural sector.
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