THE LACK of rainfall in recent times could set the farming community back considerably, according to Paul Davis, owner of Walkers Dairy Farms in St George.
But James Paul, chief executive officer of the Barbados Agricultural Society, says the rains recorded in recent weeks should be of some help both for foot-crop and sugar cane farmers.
Davis, who spoke to the DAILY NATION earlier this week at his farm, said that given the low rainfall next year’s sugar crop was in dire trouble.
“The 2015 crop was terrible, the 2016 crop is going to be worse and the 2017 crop, well God help us. It’s going to be challenging but the effect won’t be immediate; it would be felt a couple months down the road.”
Speaking of the low rainfall recorded in recent months Davis warned that it was going to have a long-term effect on all of us.
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