Livestock authority hatchery has produced 408,000 ducklings this year

Minister of Agriculture Noel Holder (third from right) during a tour of the hatchery. (Ministry of Agriculture photo)

The Guyana Livestock Development Authority (GLDA) has thus far produced 408, 000 ducklings for 2017, surpassing the 2016 figure of 400,000, according to a release from the Ministry of Agriculture yesterday.

Genetic Improvement Specialist of the GLDA, Dr. Robin Austin who was at the time updating Agriculture Minister, Noel Holder spoke of the progress made by the hatchery.

The release said that the GLDA Hatchery Department has been facilitating farmers in the use of the facility at a cost of $100 per egg or based on the number of successful hatchings.

Holder spoke of his