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CB Group is pumping $1 billion into the construction of two new high-tech, climate-smart facilities that will significantly boost the country’s egg and pig production.

These are a modern 40,000-bird tunnel-ventilated layer farm to be operational by September 2026, and a 640-sow commercial breeding farm projected to produce approximately 15,000 piglets annually.

The projects will anchor the company’s ‘The Time Is Now’ campaign, which is designed to transform the local table egg and pork industries through modernisation and collaboration with contract growers.

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The Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA) is encouraging farmers across the island to prepare their operations for varying weather conditions expected over the next five months.

With the transition from the La Niña to the El Niño climate pattern, the Caribbean is expected to experience drier and hotter conditions.

Senior RADA Plant Health and Food Safety Officer, Francine Webb, notes that the latest forecast from the Meteorological (Met) Service of Jamaica points to a drier-than-usual wet season, underscoring the need for farmers to prioritise conservation efforts...