Gov’t looks to revive Puerto Rico’ s sugar industry
January 23, 2014
Twelve years after the last sugar harvest took place in Puerto Rico, three government agencies are getting together to provide financial and technical support to help revive the sector that was once the backbone of the island’s economy.
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Bayer CropScience to pay $53K fine in EPA agreement
December 12, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with Bayer CropScience LP, a company that operates a research facility and nursery in Sabana Grande, to correct violations of federal regulations governing the use of pesticides on farms, the agency announced Thursday.
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Puerto Rican farmers to sell lettuce to McDonald’s
November 22, 2013
The government of Puerto Rico announced Thursday the signing of a collaborative agreement with Arcos Dorados, the franchisee of the McDonald’s fast food chain, to enable the production of iceberg lettuce for the restaurant by local farmers.
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EPA, Land Authority pact to protect Guánica wetlands
November 21, 2013
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it has signed a legal agreement with the Puerto Rico Land Authority to stop the local agency from damaging wetlands on a property in Guánica.
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Puerto Rico coffee farmer gets $101K in USDA financing
November 11, 2013
A Puerto Rican coffee and banana farmer in Utuado is among the 424 projects recently chosen to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop renewable energy projects on their premises to reduce their energy consumption and costs.
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Puerto Rico gov’t looks to prop ailing coffee sector
October 3, 2013
Puerto Rico’s Gov. Alejandro García-Padilla announced Wednesday his administration’s plans to strengthen the island’s ailing coffee industry, vowing to help harvest an additional 15,000 acres of new crops and generating 6,000 new jobs over the next two years.
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Agriculture program spurs $676K in investments
September 30, 2013
The Puerto Rico Department of Agriculture will be signing agreements with 24 farmers in the Arecibo region to assign funding that will generate $676,132 in economic activity, agency officials said.
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Agriculture Dept. gets $352K to promote specialty crops
September 25, 2013
The Puerto Rico Agriculture Department has been awarded $352,290 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to develop eight projects that will increase sales of specialty crops by improving food safety through training and mentoring programs, the federal agency announced Tuesday.
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After 5-yr hiatus, Indulac selling white cheese again
September 9, 2013
Following a five-year absence from the local market, Industrias Lecheras de Puerto Rico will again sell its traditional white cheese in more than 3,000 establishments, including supermarkets, gas stations and grocery stores, Larry Lugo-Cruz, president of the company known as Indulac said.
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Puerto Rico plantain prices remain high, despite surplus
August 23, 2013
The Puerto Rico Farm Bureau “outed” local retailers Thursday, claiming they have failed to reduce plantain prices at the register despite an abundance of the staple item at the farm level.
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5 Puerto Rico farms get $208K for solar energy projects
August 15, 2013
Four Puerto Rico farms will receive about $160,000 combined to develop on-site photovoltaic solar systems to slash their energy bills through the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which is authorized by the 2008 Farm Bill, the agency announced.
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USDA grants $750K to Puerto Rico for jobs, opens energy grant cycle
August 7, 2013
Puerto Rico is getting $750,000 in funding to create jobs and boost economic development from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the agency announced Tuesday.
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Puerto Rico farmers ordered to pay $275K in back wages
July 30, 2013
The U.S. Department of Labor announced Tuesday it has secured a consent judgment ordering two Sabana Grande farmers to pay a total of $275,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 174 agricultural workers.
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Puerto Rico citrus crops under threat of bacteria
July 26, 2013
The Huanglongbing bacteria, commonly known as “Citrus Greening,” is ravaging citrus crops and production along Puerto Rico’s central mountainous region, San Sebastían-area farmers said this week.
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Puerto Rico to produce 6.5M lbs. of rice by year’s end
July 25, 2013
The government of Puerto Rico will be investing $1.2 million to assist farmers in Lajas and Guánica to begin harvesting long-grain brown rice as part of a pilot project that should produce 6.5 million pounds of the grain by December.
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