This initiative evolved out of a task force that was formed after Hurricane María.
This project, called "Recuperación Agrícola” (Agricultural Recovery,) is part of its post-storm recovery initiatives.
Agency Secretary Manuel Laboy explained the money comes from the Puerto Rico Industrial Development Co.’s Special Economic Development Fund.
The island’s coffee industry valued at $100 million before the hurricane, suffered a destruction of nearly 20 million coffee plantations, resulting in $18 million in damages.
The Agriculture Department and the Puerto Rico Pork Producers Cooperative unveiled a joint initiative to put local roasted pork, known as “lechón asado," back in the island’s restaurants ahead of the upcoming holiday season.
Part of the investment will go toward backing Seal the Seasons’ entry into the Puerto Rico market, where it will look to sign up farmers producing fruit — initially papaya, pineapple and mango — to be distributed locally and stateside.
The Monsanto Company unveiled its first phase of the Monsanto Caribe expansion project by inaugurating a new smart greenhouse at the Juana Diaz site.
Caribbean Produce Exchange Inc. announced a new commercial agreement with New York agribusinesses focused on the exchange of agricultural products.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that agricultural producers in Puerto Rico affected by Hurricane María in 2017 may now apply for assistance to help recover and rebuild their farming operations.
Suiza Dairy inaugurated its new VIDA milk processing plant in Aguadilla, which entailed $40 million in private-sector investment, company executives announced.
As part of its commitment to the island's agriculture, Puerto Rico Farm Credit will pay $1.7 million in 2017 dividends to its client-shareholders this month, the agency announced.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service announced the availability of up to $250,000 in 2018 Caribbean Area Conservation Innovation Grants.
The Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, which was formed by the merger of Dow Chemical and DuPont, announced plans for strategic realignment of its business by combining its resources that will increase Research and Development capacity in Puerto Rico.
A little more than a month after the passing of Hurricane María through Puerto Rico, the companies that make up the Puerto Rico Agricultural Biotechnology Industry Association (PRABIA) are operating at full capacity, executives said.
Industria Lechera de Puerto Rico, known as INDULAC for its initials in Spanish, filed a complaint at the San Juan Superior Court Wednesday, seeking to halt a price increase for Ultra High-Temperature milk ordered by the Agriculture Department, the dairy farmers confirmed.
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