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KINGSTON, Feb. 6 (JIS):
Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says poultry farmers have commenced benefitting from the Ministry’s $50 million subsidiary programme, aimed at minimising production costs.
Mr. Charles said while the Ministry is committed to facilitating the poultry industry’s expansion, if the price of chicken meat becomes “astronomical” then “we have to protect Jamaicans”.
He was addressing the Middlesex Broilers Farmers Association’s annual general meeting at Dinthill Technical High School in St. Catherine...