CB Group Invests $1Bn In Rebuilding Egg, Pork Industries

• CB Group is investing approximately $1Bn in two major climate-smart agricultural facilities aimed at significantly expanding Jamaica’s egg and pork production capacity, marking one of the largest private agri-infrastructure pushes in recent years.
• The project includes a 40,000-bird tunnel-ventilated layer farm scheduled for completion by September 2026 and a 640-sow breeding facility expected to produce about 15,000 piglets annually, both designed with advanced automation and European-standard systems.
• The investment is positioned as a response to recent agricultural disruptions from Hurricane Melissa and reflects a broader shift toward hurricane-resilient, climate-adaptive food production infrastructure in the sector.
• Government officials have endorsed the initiative as aligned with national food security and agribusiness-led transformation goals, emphasising climate resilience, rural development, and export readiness under the country’s agricultural modernisation agenda.
• CB Group also plans to build out a network of contract farmers for both eggs and pork, scaling up production through tunnel-ventilated housing systems and integrating new supply chain infrastructure, including a central packing house, liquid egg processing, and expanded pork processing capacity.
• Over the next decade, the initiative aims to roughly double Jamaica’s table egg and pork industries, with the new facilities expected to trigger further private investment and expand total sector capacity significantly.

(Source: JIS)