Puerto Rico farmers get $720K from USDA
July 11, 2013
Puerto Rico’s Resident Commissioner Pedro Pierluisi announced Wednesday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is issuing payments totaling $720,560 to nearly 400 farmers in Puerto Rico through the Reimbursement Transportation Cost Payment Program for Geographically Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers.
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Indulac Puerto Rico expands excess milk exports
May 30, 2013
Industrias Lecheras de Puerto Rico, or Indulac, announced Wednesday it has struck agreements to export more than 5 million quarts of excess milk produced on the island to the Dominican Republic and other Caribbean islands to prevent dumping and open new markets for local milk.
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Agriculture Secretary: Agency lacks employees, statistics
May 14, 2013
Puerto Rico Agriculture Secretary Myrna Comas told lawmakers during budget hearings Monday that upon arriving to the agency in January, she uncovered an entity “in a precarious situation, with the lowest budget in its history, only 337 employees, no updated agricultural statistics, and no field level progress reports to evaluate and track work."
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Farmers: Imported milk products 50% more expensive
May 7, 2013
Members of the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau continued their campaign to press consumers to learn about the origin of the milk used in the dairy products they buy and make sure they are manufactured using local milk, saying they will save as much as 50 percent in doing so.
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Puerto Rico dairy farmers protest over use of imported milk in local production
May 1, 2013
Puerto Rico dairy farmers took to the streets Tuesday to protest against the Suiza Dairy processing plant for its alleged use of imported milk for its products, including certain branded milk and other by-products.
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USDA opens call for ‘green’ energy projects funding
April 1, 2013
Puerto Rico farmers and rural small businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects looking to develop energy efficiency and renewable energy projects have the chance to obtain funding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Energy for America Program, agency Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced.
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US DOL sues Sabana Grande farmer over unpaid minimum wage
December 4, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against agricultural employers José V. Fabre Laboy, doing business as Bananera Fabre, and his son, José V. Fabre Santiago, doing business as Finca La Plata, for failing to pay their workers the minimum wage as required by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Moca food plant gets $200K for ‘green’ energy system
November 5, 2012
Hacienda Gosen, a food processing plant in Moca, will receive a $200,000 subsidy from the Agriculture Department to establish a solar energy system and two other mechanisms to recycle vegetable oil and waste, the agency announced.
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Agriculture Dept. assigns $5.8M to struggling farmers
October 26, 2012
In the midst of the worst drought the U.S. mainland has witnessed in more than 50 years, which has significantly increased food prices worldwide, the Agriculture Department has earmarked $3.7 million to help Puerto Rico farmers address higher feed and production costs, agency Secretary Neftalí Soto said Thursday.
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Suiza Dairy settles EPA case; to pay $275K fine, invest $3.7M
October 2, 2012
Puerto Rico dairy producer Suiza Dairy has agreed to pay a penalty of $275,000 and invest some $3.75 million in plant upgrades to settle Clean Air Act violations, as per an agreement with the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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USDA assigns local farmers $240K in green energy funds
August 14, 2012
Three Puerto Rico farming operations will split nearly $240,000 in loans and grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to produce renewable energy and make energy efficiency improvements, the agency announced Tuesday.
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EDB: $33M in farming loans approved since Jan. ’09
August 3, 2012
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank has approved $33 million in loans to island farmers since the current administration took over in 1999, agency President Ivonne Otero said Thursday.
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Farmers ask GAO to lift Jones Act provisos citing increased production costs
April 27, 2012
Members of the Puerto Rico Farm Bureau, which represents a cross-section of the island’s agriculture sector, met with members of the U.S. Government Accountability Office in Hato Rey Thursday to lay out the reasons why the island should be exempt from Jones Act provisos.
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150 emergency staff take ‘agroterrorism’ training
April 16, 2012
A contingent of more than 150 emergency responders were trained over the weekend to handle potential agroterrorism incidents in Puerto Rico, an action that is considered a crime that could affect agriculture, vegetation and food of a community or an entire country.
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ASORE blasts bill proposing poultry regulatory office
January 11, 2012
The head of the Puerto Rico Restaurants Association blasted Senate Bill 2281 Tuesday, saying it could trigger an increase in chicken prices at the consumer level and would represent the creation of yet another government entity.
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