Sharp Rises Prompt Personal Yap Inspection
PHILIPPINES - Prices hikes in at least two major wet markets in Quezon City, has promptes the Department of Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap to personally inspect the situation..

Export Focus for Mandaue Convention
PHILIPPINES - Enhancing Pork Production for Export will be the theme of The National Federation of Hog Farmers Convention from 24 to 26 April Mandaue City, Cebu.

Bio-methane Gas Generator Inaugurated
PHILIPPINES — The first bio-methane gas generator in Mindanao has been inaugurated at the Cecilia Stock Farms, a large-scale piggery in Barangay Mahayag, Bunawan, in Davao City.

Guide to Backyard Swine Feeding
PHILIPPINES - For most Filipinos, pork is a rich source of protein. An average-sized porkchop provides 45 per cent of the daily protein needs of a person.

DA ready for incidence of animal diseases during rainy days
PHILIPPINES - In anticipation of the outbreak of diseases during the onset of rainy season, the Department of Agriculture has been taking measures and has come up with steps to address such concerns, reports the PIA.

Kabankalan hog raisers get feeds, gilts from PVO
PHILIPPINES - Hog raisers associations in the 12 barangays of Kabankalan City are beneficiaries of the Feeds for Pig Project and Pig Improvement Company gilts of the Negros Occidental Provincial Government under the Provincial Veterinary Office.

Income Benefit from Community-Agri Project
QUIRIMO - The Provincial Government has launched the Community-Based Industry Development, an agri-based project aimed at providing additional income to the people of the Quirino.

Chicken shortage, but pork meat sufficient
PHILIPPINES - There might be a shortage of chicken, but pork will be sufficient in Negros Occidental during the Christmas holidays.

President orders closer monitoring for meat imports
PHILIPPINES - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has ordered a tighter watch on meat, dairy and poultry imports in the run up to Christmas.

New hog farm to benefit Sumilao farmers - San Miguel
PHILIPPINES - San Miguel Corporation (SMC) has appealed to Sumilao farmers who have marched to Manila to “try to look at the bigger picture" in staking their claim on a 144-hectare property in Bukidnon where the company is constructing a state-of-the-art...

Singapore exports delayed, but progress being made
PHILIPPINES - A pilot shipment of pork meat to Singapore has been delayed again, while the government prepares the necessary infrastructure needed to support export requirements.

Hi-tech meat lab planned for Polomolok
THE PHILIPPINES - The town of Polomolok in South Cotabato will soon have a state-of-the-art P20-million meat laboratory as the local swine industry prepares for the export market with the upcoming pilot shipment of pork meat to Singapore.

Pork exporter still not fully accredited
PHILIPPINES - One of the two companies tapped to pioneer the country’s first attempt at exporting pork has failed to get permanent accreditation from the government because it still lacks some requirements, said a meat inspection official.

Matutum Meat seeks full government accreditation
PHILIPPINES - One of the pork meat processing firms tapped to pioneer the country's foray into the export market has not been given permanent accreditation by the government because it lacked requirements, a top meat inspection official said Friday.

BAI curbs spread of swine diseases
PHILIPPINES - The Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) on Tuesday sent a team to Nueva Ecija to help prevent the spread of swine diseases in the province by assisting local veterinarians in immunizing backyard-raised swine through vaccination.

OPV sustains services to ensure animal health
THE PHILIPPINES - The Office of the Provincial Veterinarian in Negros Occidental is sustaining its animal health support services to avoid an outbreak of endemic disease in the province, Provincial Veterinarian Renante Decena said in a report to Gov....

Gov assures Bulacan pork is safe
THE PHILIPPINES - Bulacan's provincial government has assured the public that pork meat coming from the province is safe to eat. It follows a Department of Health (DoH) statement yesterday stressing that humans were not susceptible to the illness, which...

Ilocos Sur officials gird vs spread of animal diseases
PHILIPPINES - Ilocos Sur Governor, Deogracias Victor "DV" Savellano has alerted the provincial officials, policemen, local officials and private sectors for the possible transfer of hog cholera disease in the province. It follows an outbreak in pig farms...

Davao city's poultry, hog farms facing closure
THE PHILIPPINES - The Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (DCCCII) said some livestock and poultry farms in the city are facing closure due to zonification plan.

Pig and poultry producers urged to expand market
PHILIPPINES - Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Arthur Yap said Ilonggos should take advantage of the opportunities it has to sell its livestock and export poultry and pig products.