Efforts by some American chicken producers to establish a stronghold in the local market is not going down well with several Jamaicans.

There is a new chairman for the board of the National Housing Trust (NHT). He is Lennox Channer, Vice-President of Accounting at the Jamaica Broilers Group.

Locally produced chicken neck has been in a pickle for the past two months, a development for which poultry market leader the Jamaica Broilers Group is taking full responsibility.

Jamaica Broilers Group Vice-President of Accounting Lennox Channer is the new chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT).

JAMAICA - Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Audley Shaw says the ministry is targeting the implementation of several strategies intended to boost Jamaica’s livestock and dairy industries and enable the country to become more self-sufficient in these areas.

Olivia “Babsy” Grange (second right), minister of culture, gender, entertainment and sports; with Tommy Cowan, (right), CEO of Glory Music, producers of Jamaica Fun in the Son; together with Rochelle Cameron (left), assistant vice-president for HRD & PR, Jamaica Broilers Group; and Dr Dana Dixon, chief marketing & business development officer, JN Group, at Jamaica Fun in the Son Partners’ Breakfast and Launch at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St Andrew on Monday.

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries Audley Shaw (right) is surprised with a 66th birthday gift

President and Chief Executive Officer of the Jamaica Broilers Group Christopher Levy stressed his company’s commitment to the annual staging of Denbigh and the development of the agriculture sector.