Two agricultural leaders signal willingness to revolutionize local animal feed production, but official response falls flat

KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 27, 2025 - Lenworth Fulton - Every year, Jamaica hemorrhages approximately $140 million in foreign exchange to import corn and sorghum—raw materials that could be grown on the island's own soil. 

This staggering sum represents one of the country's largest single-item foreign exchange drains, funding animal feed production that keeps Caribbean Broilers and Jamaica Broilers' operations running while local farmers watch prime agricultural land sit idle or get carved up for housing developments.