Agriculture

Six hundred households will benefit from a new community farming initiative from next month aimed at helping families grow their own food and strengthening Barbados’ food security, Minister of Agriculture …

Agricultural officials on Tuesday rejected assertions that poultry farmers are being undercut by state-sanctioned imports, insisting that foreign supply remains strictly managed and data-driven to protect domestic producers. ​They were …

The main farmers’ body on Monday stepped up pressure on the government’s facilitation of imports of poultry and pork, insisting they are undercutting domestic production and pushing small farmers towards …

Over 40 graduates of the Hope Agricultural Training Institute (HATI) have been encouraged to use their training to fish farming and beekeeping businesses and create wealth rather than view agriculture …

The country’s main agricultural body is again lobbying the government to curb meat imports, warning that a glut of Barbadian pork and poultry is overwhelming cold stores and placing farmers …

Farmers are being urged to brace for intensifying heat after a severe heatwave in Jamaica killed hundreds of laying hens, raising concerns about the vulnerability of regional poultry stocks to …

A St Philip farmer is appealing to the government for assistance with water storage with the provision of front-loaded rebates, as he says farmers in the St Philip area continue …

Key figures in the fisheries industry in Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago are pushing for an urgent settlement to the long-mooted fishing agreement between the two countries, Barbados TODAY can …

Farmers are facing a troubling shift in farm theft, with crooks now striking in broad daylight, intensifying fears among workers and forcing authorities to reconsider how they combat the crime. …