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March 13, 2017

Hon J. C. Hutchinson, Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries; and farmers view demonstration of mechanical harvester reaping Irish potatoes at a farm in Hounslow, St. Elizabeth, on March 10. Over 12 hectares of Irish potatoes were planted in Hounslow in the November 2016 to January 2017 period compared to none in the corresponding period of 2015 -2016.

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