After the successful growth of a number of crops including soya beans and watermelons, Guyana’s first privately-owned integrated mega-farm, the Santa Fe Farm in Region Nine, is rolling out a number of expansion plans for different crops this year but has highlighted that proper roads and transportation logistics continue to be a challenge.
“The Farm achieved notable success in 2023 with the harvest of 500 acres of soybeans, all of which was sold in the domestic market in keeping with government’s goal of reducing food imports in Guyana,” Director of Santa Fe Farms, Eldon Bremner, told the Sunday Stabroek in an interview on Friday.
“While the farm experienced success with the growing of the soybeans, it faced challenges in getting the crop to Georgetown due to the high cost of freight,” he added.