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OPERATORS OF PLANT NURSERIES DIFFER ON EXPECTED IMPACT OF WATER RESTRICTIONS
By Shamar Blunt
The owners of three plant nurseries have expressed mixed feelings about the introduction of water restrictions to combat drought conditions on the island.
While Michael Gill of Ashbury Farms, St George is not expecting the limitations on water use to hamper his business’ operations in any significant way, veteran
By Sheria Brathwaite
Private sugar cane farmers are ready and waiting on Government to ring the bell to signal the start of the sugar harvest with many expecting increased yields for 2023.
On Tuesday, a Barbados TODAY roving team visited three of the 12 private farms to get a sense of the level of preparedness. Management at all three establishments reported that
Spring wheat area on the rise as growers re-think rotation >More in
Spring wheat could become a more interesting crop option for growers after two wet autumn drilling seasons and a mountain of spring barley which have depressed prices.
Spring-sown crops are useful in the control of blackgrass, but the bumper spring barley harvest last year – with much of it going for low-value feed grain – has diminished the crop’s appeal for many growers.
By contrast, spring wheat can offer a milling price premium, with production costs similar to spring barley, and it could help lengthen crop rotations with the declining area of key break crops such as oilseed rape.