Govt. pig operation leased to private company
The pig rearing facility at Central Farm has been transferred to private ownership. A contract was signed today awarding a ten-year lease on the facility to a Guatemalan company, Progenitores Porcinos de Centro America Limited. Under the agreement, the company will develop a modern operation that will produce high quality breeding animals for local farmers as well as export to Central America and eventually the Caribbean. The Ministry of Agriculture’s breeding programme will continue at the Yo Creek Agricultural Station in Orange Walk.
