SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique: The Sibalom Livestock and Poultry-raisers Association (Silpra), the biggest hog raisers association in Antique, is willing to supply live swine for the pork consumption of the capital town.
FINANCIAL GRANT. Hogs are being loaded on a rented vehicle to be transported to Semirara Island in Caluya, Antique on July 23, 2022. Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA) president Elma Pena said in an interview Thursday (Sept. 1, 2022) they are glad to receive a financial grant from the Department of Agriculture for their capital build-up and hauling vehicle. (PNA photo courtesy of Elma Pena) SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique - An association of hog raisers in the municipality of Sibalom is the recipient of a PHP2 million financial grant from the Department of Agriculture (DA) under its Enhanced Kadiwa ni Ani at Kita inclusive food supply chain program. Of the total fund, PHP500,000 has been released to the Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA) in 2020, while the remaining PHP1.5 million, which was turned over during a program held in a hotel in Iloilo City on Wednesday, would be for the purchase of a hauling vehicle. "The amount was intend
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
SAN JOSE DE BUENAVISTA, Antique Locally-produced feeds that can be bought at a lower price compared with commercial feeds in the market are now available in Sibalom, Antique. The Sibalom Livestock and Poultry Raisers Association (SILPRA) has turned the P7.5-million feed mill facility from the Dep