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Proper: Timely pork intervention, says farmers - Barbados Today

President of the Barbados Pig Farmers Association (BPFA) Henderson Williams is commending Government for taking swift action to stabilize feed prices in Barbados. Williams said Prime Minister Mia Mottley’s announcement during a press conference on the weekend that Government will be providing a subsidy of $2 million to the poultry sector in light of rising […]

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