Rebate Push to Help Poultry Farmers Tackle Rising Heat Stress

You can’t put an N95 mask on a chicken: How farmers protect poultry from smoky, hot conditions

With chickens being notorious for their fragility, heatwaves and poor air quality are making this a challenging summer for district poultry farmers, but not an impossible one.

Rebate push to help poultry farmers tackle rising heat stress

Farmers are being urged to brace for intensifying heat after a severe heatwave in Jamaica killed hundreds of laying hens, raising concerns about the vulnerability of regional poultry stocks to rising temperatures. Now, agricultural authorities here are urging farmers to implement urgent cooling measures to safeguard their poultry stocks ahead of peak mid-year heat. The president of the Jamaica Egg Farmers Association (JEFA), Mark Campbell, told …