The Department of Agriculture (DA) has yet to finalize if the African swine fever (ASF) vaccine will be given for free or will be paid for by hog raisers, an official said on Monday. “We have yet to discuss that but the possibility will depend on the price. The government…
The country’s hog raisers reiterated their call for government intervention as the industry continued to reel from the deluge of imported pork, as well the impact of the peso depreciation on production costs.
Agriculture industry leaders and animal health experts are urging the government to recall the order, which allows the importation of processed animal protein from African swine fever affected countries, as this will expose the still recovering local hog industry to the deadly disease.
Pork and chicken producers in the Philippines are calling on the government to strike a balance between boosting domestic production and filling in the supply gaps through importation to ensure that agriculture stakeholders won t be disadvantaged.