The top brass of the Barbados Agricultural Society (BAS) is assuring Barbadians they will have enough pork this Christmas.In an interview with Barbados TODAY, president Henderson Williams and chief executive officer James Paul said there would be no shortages of either pork or pork products even though statistics point to a decline in pigs slaughtered at the island’s main processing facility, HIPAC Ltd in recent months.Williams, who is also the head of the Barbados Pig Farmers’ Association, said that there was nothing unusual about the drop in numbers. He explained that coming out of the heightened periods of the COVID-19 pandemic, some farmers were exercising caution while others were being strategic, allowing their pigs to gain more weight so they can reap more sweets for the holiday period.
