Street vendors and farmers reaped sizeable profits from the 2022 Crop Over Festival although it was not a “bumper” season for them.The heads of various farming and vendor associations reported a positive outcome and an uptick in sales during the annual summer festival that returned after a two-year hiatus, following the ease in restrictions that had been implemented as a result of COVID-19.Vice-president of the Barbados Pig Farmers Co-operative Society Ltd David Catlyn told Barbados TODAY members saw increased sales, particularly from people who visited the island to take part in the festivities as well as from food vendors at various events.He added that the demand for pudding and souse was also picking back up and the co-op’s membership was taking full advantage of that.President of the Pig Farmers Association Henderson Williams said the season concluded on a high note for his members.He said while statistics were not available at this time, “from a brief assessment of what we are seeing, there were increased sales”.“The farmers are happy. It isn’t the bumper Crop Over ever held, given the anxiety and caution in relation to COVID-19, but it was a better [period] than last year,” Williams said.