CB Group plans $1b investment to strengthen egg, pork supply

Hurricane Melissa dealt a heavy blow to Jamaica’s egg industry, damaging layer houses in production and sharply reducing output, even as large-scale broiler operations withstood the storm. Livestock farming, including pigs, was badly disrupted across the worst-hit parishes. In response, CB Group has moved to rebuild egg and pork production through a nearly $1-billion investment anchored in new infrastructure and an expanded recruitment drive aimed at bringing new growers into modern, climate-controlled production.

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