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Young farmer Zandra Edwards of the Rowlandsfield Group practises how to operate a motorised knapsack sprayer, one of which was donated to the group by Wayne Chin (right). Project Manager, Craftop, at the St. Jago Farm Supplies ‘Salute to Farmers’ function held in St. Thomas on October 10. Sixty farmers from six groups in St. Thomas received gift vouchers for seeds, fertilizer and chemicals from St. Jago Farm Supplies, and international suppliers Amsa, Agrinova and Rotam.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson (right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, discusses the use of the motorised knapsack sprayer with young farmers from Rowlandsfield Youth Group at the St. Jago Farm Supplies `Salute to Farmers’ function held in St. Thomas on October 10. Others from left are Wayne Chin, Project Manager, Craftop; and O’Brien Johnson, Managing Director of St. Jago Farm Supplies.

Hon J.C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, greets farmer Patrick Solomon of the Plantain Garden River Agro-Park at the St. Jago Farm Supplies `Salute to Farmers’ function held in St. Thomas on October 10. At left is Janet Barrett-McIntosh. Sixty farmers from six groups in St. Thomas received gift vouchers for seeds, fertilizer and chemicals from St. Jago Farm Supplies, and international suppliers Amsa, Agrinova and Rotam.