Drought on St. Croix is a growing concern for farmers on the island and for the V.I. Department of Agriculture, according to department officials, D.O.A. Commissioner Positive Nelson said during a St. Croix Coastal Zone Management (CZM) committee meeting Tuesday evening. To mitigate against the negative impacts of the current drought, classed as extreme, Mr. Nelson said the department is working on projects aimed at increasing water storage capacity, though he warned that the current model that sees the department providing water free of charge to farmers is unsustainable. Speaking at the St. Croix Coastal Zone Management (CZM) committee meeting on Tuesday evening, Mr. Nelson said that the Department of Planning and Natural Resources would be spearheading upcoming plans to deepen and expand several ponds in a bid to improve water catchment,…
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The V.I. Dept. of Agriculture is reminding livestock farmers about the increased threat of disease to animals caused by wet weather. According to the release, Agriculture Commissioner Positive T. A. ...
The V.I. Department of Agriculture says that growing technical expertise in local agriculture will be its main focus for fiscal year 2023, as it seeks to further support farmers in accessing grant ass...
It has been called “the blueprint to grow agriculture” and “the most comprehensive and publicly engaged plan for agriculture ever developed” in the U.S Virgin Islands by Dr. David Hall, presid...
New research into sargassum used as fertilizer has found that vegetables grown in soil that was enriched with sargassum had elevated levels of potentially toxic heavy metals. The findings have prompt...
Dale Browne, co-founder of Sejah Farm — the well-known 15-acre operation located in Estate Castle Burke just north of the V.I. National Guard Armory — has said that the V.I. Dept. of Agriculture h...
Boosting local agriculture products from 3 percent to 35 percent is one of the goals for the agriculture sector as part of Vision 2040 – a developmental approach that is aimed at addressing the serv...
The Agricultural Plan Task Force will publicly unveil the highly anticipated territorial Agricultural Plan during a hybrid event on Monday from 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. According to the release, as requi...
Senator Kenneth Gittens, chairman of the Committee on Economic Development and Agriculture has requested that Agriculture Commissioner Positive Nelson submit a complete and detailed report on the rece...
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