BELIZE FARMERS AWAIT GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA!

BELIZE AGRICULTURE FARMERS AWAIT THE START OF THE PARTIAL SCOPE AGREEMENT WITH GUATEMALA!

Most farmers feel crops could double within 4 years once the Partial Scope Agreement becomes effective!

LOCAL CONSUMPTION OF FARM PRODUCTS

Estimates by John Carr

Yellow Corn - 12,500 bags of 100# per week. At .20 cents a pound aboutr $13 million.
( used mostly for animal and chicken feed )

White Corn - 19,500 bags a week, worth around $448,500

White Rice - 180,000 bags a year worth $20,700,000

Red Kidney Beans 41,600 bags a year worth $4,160,000

Beans of different kinds - 4,160 bags a year worth $416,000

Dressed Beef - Dressed beef, about 250 head woth $15,600,000
Live Beef and carcass - 10,000 lbs.

Dressed Pork - 300 pigs per week - 2,184,000 lbs worth $7,098,000

Dressed Chicken - 32,000,000 lbs worth about $70,400,000

Eggs - per annum 2,712,500 dozen, worth $8,137,500
( egg consumption is about 105 eggs per person per year. )