EU Wraps Up Banana Project in the South
The European Union wrapped up its two million Euros project in the south today. The project started a year and a half ago with the goal to teach banana farmers [...]
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Agric 2019: the Sights and Sounds
The number of visitors to this year’s agric was down this year. Still yet, there were the usual activities such as the rodeo and the promotion by businesses. The agricultural [...]
Blackleg and Rabies Vaccine Advisory
The Belize Agricultural Health Authority and Ministry of Agriculture is advising that if you haven’t vaccinated your livestock against blackleg in the last six months you must do so quickly. [...]
Ana Morales is the Female Farmer of the Year
To meet the female farmer of the year, we went to Selena village, a small farming community located to the back of Spanish Lookout. There we met fifty-year-old mom and [...]
Written on April 25, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Meet Dan Lopez, the Male Farmer of the Year
The male farmer of the year is Dan Isai Lopez of San Antonio village in the Cayo District. Lopez says he comes from a family of farmers and ever since [...]
Written on April 24, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
3 Hondurans Caught Illegally Fishing in the Spawning Aggregation Zone Down South
Three Honduran fishermen were busted over the weekend for illegally fishing within the Spawning Aggregation Zone at the Gladden Spit and Silk Cayes Marine Reserve in southern Belize. The trio: [...]
Conch Season Closes 2 Months Early
If you like conch fritters, conch soup or conch ceviche, you may want to enjoy these dishes before the end of this month. That is because the conch season is [...]
Belize Fisheries Department Weighs In on the Quality of the Queen Conch Fishery
One of the concerns that have been raised about the harvesting of the queen conch is the use of the shell size to determine maturity. The Fisheries Department says that [...]
Can UB’s Central Farm Lab Supply Half of the BGA Banana Plants?
Earlier this week we told you about some history making bananas in the south. Two plots were planted on two different farms and they are just about ready to be [...]
The 2019 Budget from an Agriculture Perspective
The agro-productive sector remains a key feature in the annual national budget and is an area of particular interest for Orange Walk South Area Representative Jose Abelardo Mai, who is [...]
Written on March 26, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture,Miscellaneous,People & Places,Politics | No comment
UB Central Farm Delivers on Trial Plot of Authentic Belizean Bananas
Belize’s bananas are said to be some of the best on the market. They have a high demand in Europe and right here at home they make for healthy and [...]
Fisheries Department Responds to Conch Quota Concerns
Since the beginning of the week, News Five has been taking an in-depth look at the state of Belize’s conch fishery. There have been serious concerns raised about enforcement of [...]
Broccoli & Cauliflower to be Imported
The Ministry of Agriculture says the importation of a quantity of broccoli and cauliflower will be allowed later this month through the Belize Marketing and Development Corporation. According to a [...]
Written on March 14, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Quality Poultry Business View Caribbean’s Cover Story!
Last month, we shared a story on the economic benefits of migrant-founded businesses like Quality Poultry Products in Spanish Lookout. The poultry producer was also recognized with a cover story [...]
BAHA on High Alert Following African Swine Fever Outbreak in Asia, Africa, Europe
The Belize Animal and Health Authority has put in place precautionary measures to protect the country from African swine fever. It is a highly contagious hemorrhagic viral disease of domestic [...]
Written on March 7, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Agriculture CEO Says Soybean is Indeed Restricted
Soybean producers in Little Belize are in the red and they are desperately trying to find a new market for roughly seven million pounds of the legume which is being [...]
Written on March 1, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
The Soy Bean Industry is in Crisis in Little Belize
Little Belize is a small remote community populated by almost three thousand Mennonites. To get there you travel via Progresso Road in the Corozal District. It is not often in [...]
Written on February 28, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
The Glut of Potato Supply in the Country
Turning to glut in potato supply in the country.… The Chief Agriculture Officer, Andrew Harrison says that Belizeans consume over three point five million pounds of potato annually; one hundred [...]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Will There Be Rotting Potatoes in the Fields Once Again
But the question remains…. will farmers be left once again with rotting potatoes in the fields due to the glut on the market? Agriculture Minister Godwin Hulse says that it [...]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
A $15 Million Investment to Transform the Sugar Industry
The local sugar industry is transitioning from a raw sugar producer to a manufacturer of direct consumption sugar. It’s a move that American Sugar Refinery, started almost two years ago [...]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Lobbying for Preferential Pricing of Sugar in the Caribbean
The millers and the government have been working feverishly to lobby CARICOM to allow preferential pricing for direct consumption sugars in the Caribbean. As it currently stands, Belize, Jamaica and [...]
Written on February 20, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Jose Mai Takes Ministry of Agriculture to Task over Potato Bumper Crop
On Tuesday, Chief Agriculture Officer Andrew Harrison issued a press release explaining the potato planting season for 2018/2019. According to the government representative, the Ministry of Agriculture met with potato [...]
Written on February 13, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Barton Creek Potato Farmers Planted Wisely
The last license for imported potatoes was issued on January eleventh for two hundred thousand pounds and the final date which those potatoes could have been brought into the country [...]
Written on February 13, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Agriculture Minister Says Local Potato Farmers Not Disregarded
Potato farmers in San Carlos, Orange Walk are worried that thousands of dollars in investments and a huge amount of red potatoes will go to waste. That’s because imported white [...]
Written on February 8, 2019 | Posted in Agriculture | No comment
Opposition Leader Says Small Farmers Should Be Protected
Opposition Leader, John Briceño, also weighed in on the concerns raised by potato farmers in San Carlos Village. Farmers have complained that they cannot sell their locally grown, red potatoes [...]
