2018 Irish Potato Farmers’ Conference
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Horane Lawrence (right), Research and Development Assistant, St. Jago Farm & Hardware Supplies Ltd; speaking with the Hon J. C. Hutchinson (2nd right), Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; from left, Board Member Anthony Clarke, and National Coordinator of the Fruit Tree Crop/Specific Crop Development Officer, Locksley Waites, both of the Rural Agricultural Development Authority. The occasion was the 2018 Irish Potato Farmers’ Conference in Guy’s Hill, St. Catherine, on July 26.
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