Wresting control of the local pork market from profiteering middle men and raising production standards in the sector are among the primary objectives of the recently established Guyana Swine Producers Cooperative Society (GSPCS).
Stabroek Business has learnt, during an interview earlier this week with key executive members of the society, that pig farmers have grown frustrated over the fact that while feed and other inputs continue to increase in price, middlemen are constantly on the lookout for pig rearers from whom they can acquire pork at “rock bottom” prices only to more than double the prices on the retail market.
Compton Hinds, a committee member of the GSPCS told Stabroek Business this week that if the swine producers grouping is to make a positive impact on the fortunes of local pig farmers it must seek to better position to secure the best prices offered on the market. Hinds explained the so-called hog cycle which creates peaks and troughs in the supply of
