NEWS
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Pig farmers urged to protect animals against deadly PEDv
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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 and is responsible for more…
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Angella Bardowell – Bringing glamour to pig farming LIFE STORY
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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 has been one of her…
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Pork prices up by 4%
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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 with pig farmers and a…
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Pork for sale! Xmas ham demand fails to ease glut
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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 an increase in the price…