Bahamas Poultry Suffering High Feed Prices
BAHAMAS - The country's only large-scale chicken producer has been left with little more than hope as a means of coping with a 40 percent hike in feed prices, opting to pass only a fraction of those expenses onto customers.

Poultry Tax Cut Proposed In Bahamas
BAHAMAS - In an effort to promote healthy lifestyles among Bahamians, Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham recently indicated that the government may consider lowering the duty on imported chicken and raising the duty on red meat as a means of encouraging Bahamians...

Protection Needed For Poultry Sector
BAHAMAS - Bahamian poultry producers are cautioning the government as it considers lowering duties on chicken imports, suggesting that would wring the life out of their industry if coupled with the removal of another key protection.

Bahama's Livestock Industry Threatened
THE BAHAMA'S - The livestock industry of The Bahamas is facing a serious threat to its competitiveness stemming from the escalating prices of cereals, principally corn. Corn is a major component of manufactured animal feed for poultry and pork production....