The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will provide a P5.5-million grant to farmers’ cooperative and associations (FCAs) that would venture into cluster swine farming in Cagayan Valley. DA Regional Field Office (RFO) 2 Executive Director Narciso A. Edillo said eligible FCAs could get P5.5 million to jumpstart their pig…
(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the private sector continued its collaboration to revive the hog industry affected by the African swine fever (ASF) with a new breeder farm in Nueva Ecija. The DA committed PHP80 million to the 5,000-sow level breeder nucleus farm of JG Agroventures Inc. and Pig Improvement Company (PIC), which is already under construction in Barangay Sta. Rita, Quezon town. The state-of-the-art facility will be stocked with great grandparent breeders, whose offsprings or grandparent (GP) piglets will be sold and distributed to commercial and clustered backyard swine raisers in Nueva Ecija and the rest of Luzon. DA's National Livestock Program Director Ruth Sonaco, said in a virtual briefing on Tuesday that the agency and the private sector are working to regain the hog inventory to the same level pre-ASF. "It has always been Secretary William Dar's mandate to forge partnerships with the private sector because they have the tech
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it has partnered with the private sector for the construction of a state-of-the-art sow breeder nucleus farm that will help accelerate the country’s pig repopulation efforts. The DA said Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar led the groundbreaking of a 5,000-sow level breeder nucleus farm…
CONTAINMENT MEASURE. A wall-mounted disinfection system to contain African swine fever is installed at a checkpoint in Sitio Consuelo, Barangay Baliling, Nueva Vizcaya on Jan. 21, 2022. Nueva Vizcaya provincial veterinarian, Dr. Christopher Seraspi, said they will assign personnel to help man the checkpoint. (Photo courtesy of BAI Facebook) MANILA - As it seeks to completely eradicate African swine fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) said mentorship from international groups helped strengthen their programs. DA-BAI Director Reildrin Morales said groups such as the World Organisation for Animal Health, Food and Agriculture Organization, and agencies under the Canadian and Spanish governments were helpful in studies on how to effectively end ASF. "The lessons we have learned from these groups who experienced the same issue really fueled our programs to prevent further damage and hopefully destroy completely the presence of ASF here,"
Pork prices in Metro Manila remained unchanged for the third straight week, according to a report by the Department of Agriculture (DA). The DA’s price monitoring report showed that the average price of pork kasim as of January 21 was still at P340 per kg. DA reports also showed that…