{"id":6159,"date":"2023-04-13T19:31:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/?p=6159"},"modified":"2023-04-13T19:31:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T19:31:49","slug":"farming-in-antigua-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/2023\/04\/13\/farming-in-antigua-today\/","title":{"rendered":"FARMING IN ANTIGUA TODAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in Antigua and Barbuda, often endure hardships in farming such as insufficient water, praedial larceny and storage just to name a few. \u00a0However, despite those challenges, farmers still produce under conditions and ensure that they produce the best quality produce for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Farmer in the South-Central District, Orlando Fraser recently reaped a sixty-pound (60lbs) pumpkin from his farm which he would have planted in October.<\/p>\n<p>We acknowledge farmers who continue to produce and contribute to the food security of the nation. Keep up the good work!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/attachments.office.net\/owa\/carol-faye.george%40ab.gov.ag\/service.svc\/s\/GetAttachmentThumbnail?id=AAMkAGM4MzQ2ZTQ4LTNkNWUtNGRjMi04ODAwLTI2YzA5MjI0MmEzNwBGAAAAAAC4GWOeWqrHQJQ6xTmmUBPrBwB1RwehUY60QrLbwG5y3o1UAAAAAAEMAAB1RwehUY60QrLbwG5y3o1UAAGpcmMeAAABEgAQAFdREO9Q1ahCtAjIdR2p3Z8%3D&amp;thumbnailType=2&amp;token=eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6IkQ4OThGN0RDMjk2ODQ1MDk1RUUwREZGQ0MzODBBOTM5NjUwNDNFNjQiLCJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJ4NXQiOiIySmozM0Nsb1JRbGU0Tl84dzRDcE9XVUVQbVEifQ.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.lygOOxPjd-H8vJ6Sm7Df39DvA--J9djRwQdemh1dusRqiSGqvJwLXlBKu6DXLAdr5CpXtuZLAockQarC1EjFk0Nr3lG2nU0Zvya7y-P7-21oaI7haMy8en0xLExz1SwZDloR4eaHXmSE2E2upcD9pyxDsrFWOuqZ1QE_-o1KuphlXozc3AYe6IFR9yKKGzfrzvrUww0XEgMreHUC6crTS-EcI_Dpy0VCQTdsVPMTxBAWmkNKsUxvdLG8CZGZ1Vyt3_htOGzidzulrAqX_0L9buTUdUvePpQYwpTEIL8TFEs7MgXzkRBiWQiWEdRMW0BUBkLFfsZdYwAKgTIURDQvGg&amp;X-OWA-CANARY=uherW7RtVkOgsbPFJGyBUmB6i95UPNsY-2-oXVtfhn_Od-LECmDcQ2Z_krNhj6ayFdHWGvIRgoM.&amp;owa=outlook.office.com&amp;scriptVer=20230331005.09&amp;animation=true\" alt=\"Image preview\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Farmers in Antigua and Barbuda, often endure hardships in farming such as insufficient water, praedial larceny and storage just to name a few. \u00a0However, despite those challenges, farmers still produce [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6159"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6161,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6159\/revisions\/6161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agriculture.gov.ag\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}