Commercial corn, soya production to start by yearend

Feasibility studies have been successful and large scale production of corn and soya in Guyana is targeted for yearend to satisfy the demands in the stockfeed industry and that of biofuel.

According to the Government Information Agency, the Ministry of Agriculture through the National Agricultural Research and Extension Institute (NAREI) has successfully demonstrated Guyana’s ability to produce corn and soya on a large scale at a reduced cost. Studies done late last year and earlier this year at NAREI test plots at Mon Repos and the Ebini facility have