NEWS

Jamaican consumers will have more than adequate supplies of pork and eggs for the high consumption Christmas period, producers say amid a boost in production by both industries. President of the Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association, Hanif Brown, told Gleaner Business the association now has to be warning its members against […]

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Not too long ago a persistent glut in pork production triggered uncompetitively low prices and general depression in the pig industry. Today, from the perspective of pig farmers the situation is much improved. However, the challenge, they say, is to bring the industry to some level of […]

MANDEVILLE, Manchester — Pig farmers have been warned to be extra vigilant in minimising visitors to their farms in order to protect against the porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) virus now afflicting North America. “Do not allow visits to farms just like that, especially if they (visitors) are from anywhere outside […]

LOCAL farmers are being urged to safeguard their pigs against the deadly Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv) by President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Jamaica Broilers Group, Chris Levy. The virus was first diagnosed in the United States in April 2013. Since then, it has spread to 30 states […]

SHE had given up her lucrative position in an executive office to work in a pigsty, but coming from the corporate world, Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association (JPFA) president Angella Bardowell knows a thing or two about projecting the right image, and so helping to change people’s perception of pig farmers […]