‘Barbadian consumers may not have to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for meat this Christmas after all.That’s because the price hike which livestock farmers were to start paying for feed on Wednesday has now been put on hold until a more long-term arrangement can be established to cover future operating costs to producers.Following the intervention of Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Indar Weir, the lone feed supplier – Pinnacle Feeds Limited – has agreed not to implement the 3.7 per cent increase which the farmers would have had to pay for the commodity.