Guyana makes progress toward corn, soy self-sufficiency

If progress on the South American country’s pilot project can be maintained, Guyana could be self-sufficient in key feed ingredients as soon as 2025.

October 14, 2024

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According to the government, the Cooperative Republic of Guyana could be self-sufficient in key feed ingredients as early as next year.

For the first time in the nation’s history, it is producing domestic supplies of corn and soybeans, announced Minister of Agriculture Zulfikar Mustapha last week.

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