• Pork prices up by 4%

    Pork prices up by 4%

    THE Jamaica Pig Farmers’ Association last night announced a four per cent increase in the price of live pigs and pork being sold to meat processors and traders, effective Monday, May 12. According to president of the association, Delroy Manya, the increase comes into effect after an island wide consultation […]

  • Pork for sale! Xmas ham demand fails to ease glut

    Pork for sale! Xmas ham demand fails to ease glut

    THE country’s pig farmers’ hope that a bumper Christmas season and the traditional demand for cured ham might ease the glut that has been affecting the market since August may have been dashed. The pig farmers were anticipating a spike in the demand for pork and were actually hoping for […]