Going Off Poultry in Jamaica
JAMAICA - The inflating price of food in Jamaica have set consumers searching for smaller packages of poultry in supermarkets. This knock-on effect is hurting producers such as the Caribbean Broilers, who have seen their sales drop.

Bird Flu Fund Injection to Jamaican Vet Service
JAMAICA - The Jamaican veterinary service received a $34.4 million injection of funds towards its bird flu prevention programme. The sum comprises $14.4 million to undertake further strengthening of its programme of surveillance and prevention of...

Jamaica Livestock Association Limited To Build Chain Of Super Stores
JAMAICA - The Jamaica Livestock Association Limited (JLA) is investing $50 million to diversify its product offerings at its Savanna-la-Mar, Westmoreland store, saying it would be modelled off the operation at Linstead.

Broilers Renegotiates Ethanol Supply Price
JAMAICA - Tumbling ethanol prices in the United States forced the Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG) to renegotiate prices with raw, material suppliers in Brazil in September.

Broilers' Core Business Profit Improves
JAMAICA - All segments of Jamaica Broilers' operations, excepting its newly formed energy division, saw an improvement in profit margins on higher sales during the July quarter, when compared to the corresponding three months in 2006.

Jamaica Broilers Minimally Affected By Hurricane Dean
JAMAICA - Jamaica Broilers Groupsustained "no significant loss", and all areas of operation are up and running, according to Chief Financial Officer Ian Parsad.

Damage By 'Dean' Hurting Poultry Farmers
JAMAICA - The damage incurred by small independent poultry farmers during the passage of Hurricane Dean has already impacted on the country's poultry sector.

Jamaica Bans Importation Of Meat From The UK
JAMAICA - Jamaica has placed a ban on the importation of all meat and dairy products from the United Kingdom in the wake of the recent outbreak of foot and mouth disease.

Jamaica Broilers to start ethanol production weekend
JAMAICA - Jamaica Broilers Group (JBG), a poultry producer with a minority interest in energy, is to ramp up its new ethanol plant this weekend, says President and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Levy.

Broilers Proposes Power 'Wheeling' Plan
JAMAICA - A section of the Jamaica Broiler's plant in St. Catherine. The poultry producer is hoping to 'wheel' electricity toall its plants from the electricity it generates at Spring Village.

Egg processing plant soon to be completed
JAMAICA - The new egg processing plant being built by the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association (JEFA) should be completed in three weeks, according to the president, Mark Campbell.

Jamaican chickens get pricey
JAMAICA - Jamaica’s largest commercial producer of poultry says it will be forced to hike chicken prices as the cost for corn, a key ingredient in chicken feed, continues to rise rapidly on the international market.

Jamaica now produces enough eggs to meet demands
JAMAICA - Jamaica is now self-sufficient in egg production, with more than 400,000 eggs being produced daily, according to president of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association (JEFA), Mark Campbell.

Jamaican farmers could pay more for farm feeds
JAMAICA - Farmers could be asked to pay higher prices for animal feed as the price of corn, which is the main ingredient used to manufacture the product, spirals out of control in the United States.