NEWS
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NOTICE OF PORK PRICE INCREASE
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Effect March 14, 2022, the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association is recommending the following price adjustments which reflect the current cost of production. The recommended selling price would be as follows: Live weight: -$220.00-$230.00 per lb Warm dress weight: –$300.00-$315.00 per lb Dress Carcass: -$330-$350 per lb Weaner Price: -$300.00 per […]
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JPFA Annual Report 2019-2021
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Sagicor Life & Health Insurance for Farmers & Fisherfolk
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PRESIDENT’S REPORT (2019-2020)
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JPFA Responds to Covid-19, Promotes Pork Consumption & , Goes Digital
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A Resilient Industry In recent years, despitethe challenges of ever increasing cost of pig feed, competition from imports, and relatively low returns to farmers, Jamaica’s pig industry continues to show its resilience by meeting the demands of the marketplace, especially that of jerk vendors, hotel, restaurant, and the supermarket segments […]
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MICAF Provides Assistance For Pig Farmers
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The Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries (MICAF) has met with the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JPFA) to address storage issues being faced by local pig farmers due to the disruption in the market amid the COVID-19 crisis. On May 13, a team from the ministry, led by State […]
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Pig Farmers Squeal For Help – Want Import Permits Frozen As Sales Plummet
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State Minister Floyd Green is to present the case of disgruntled pig farmers who are seeking assistance to cover the monthly storage cost for pork surplus given the significant cut in sales caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He is scheduled to meet with Agriculture Minister Audley Shaw and Permanent Secretary […]
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JPFA- COVID- 19 Press Release April 2020.
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Pig farmers move to save industry
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In light of the deadly African swine fever, president of the Jamaica Pig Farmers Association (JFPA) Annabel Williams says the organisation has partnered with Hi-Pro and Nutrimix to make the pork industry self-sufficient. “We get some pork from the US and it comes in sealed. Some come from Canada. But […]
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Pig Farmers Squeal Over Pork Import Threat
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The Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association (JPFA) has called the first of four regional meetings for Thursday to apprise farmers of renewed threats to the local pork industry. Jamaica imported 49,483 kilograms of fresh pork from the United States last year even though the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries […]