HOG SHIPMENT.A truckload of pigs ready to be shipped out from Antique province to Luzon on July 12, 2022. Elma Pena, president of Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA), said there is currently minimal demand from Luzon traders.(Photo courtesy of SILPRA) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -Members of the Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA) have opened a meat shop at the public market of Sibalom town so they could dispose of their hogs as meat due to the decrease in demand. SILPRA president Elma Pena said in an interview Monday that in the past three weeks, they were not able to ship out hogs to Luzon area due to lack of orders from Luzon including in Batangas province. "Before, we used to ship out 800 to 1,200 heads of hogs per shipment," she said. She said that SILPRA, which has 490 members most of whom are hog and poultry raisers from Sibalom, used to ship out four to five times a month. In a separate interview, Dr. Marco Ardamil, Ant
HOG SHIPMENT.A truckload of pigs ready to be shipped out from Anrique province to Luzon on July 12, 2022. Elma Pena, president of Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA), said there is currently minimal demand from Luzon traders.(Photo courtesy of SILPRA) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique -Members of the Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA) have opened a meat shop at the public market of Sibalom town so they could dispose of their hogs as meat due to the decrease in demand. SILPRA president Elma Pena said in an interview Monday that in the past three weeks, they were not able to ship out hogs to Luzon area due to lack of orders from Luzon including in Batangas province. "Before, we used to ship out 800 to 120 heads of hogs per shipment," she said. She said that SILPRA, which has 490 members most of whom are hog and poultry raisers from Sibalom, used to ship out four to five times a month. In a separate interview, Dr. Marco Ardamil, Antiq