Cargill launches Sow Solutions in the Philippines
PHILIPPINES - Cargill Animal Nutrition have launched their new product dubbed Sow Solutions in the Philippines in an effort to solve prevailing problems in sows.

Group mulls court action v. pollutant farms
PHILIPPINES - A class suit looms to stop piggery farms in Porac town from emitting foul odor from hog wastes that have plagued neighborhoods in several barangays.

Production of poultry, livestock high in CV
THE PHILIPPINES - Despite a boost in the province’s information, communication and technology (ICT) industry and a surge in property development projects, livestock and poultry production has not dwindled, according to an official from the Department...

Hog breeders to meet to strengthen industry
PHILIPPINES - Hog breeders in Negros Occidental will hold the 1st Negros Occidental Hog Congress on November 10 to 12 at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City that is intended to come up with a common stand to strengthen the backyard and commercial hog raising...

Davao hog raisers, poultry growers to visit Sulawesi
THE PHILIPPINES - Poultry growers and hog raisers in Davao Region need to check and see their supply from the source to make sure of safe and quality corn products.

RP eyes Singapore, EU as new markets for poultry and pork
PHILIPPINES - The government is eyeing bigger market access for the country’s pork and poultry in Singapore and Europe which seek food safety certifications particularly Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP)...

Philippines' Northern Mindanao Sees Surge In Pig/Poultry Production
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Some 11,241,809 heads of chicken was noted in the poultry inventory of Northern Mindanao during the first quarter of this year, up by 35.99 per cent compared to the 8,266,674 heads in the same period of 2005 according to the PNA...

Northern Mindanao poultry, swine production up in 1Q of 2006
PHILIPPINES - Some 11,241, 809 heads of chicken was noted in the poultry inventory of Northern Mindanao during the first quarter, this year, up by 35.99% compared to the 8,266,674 heads in the same period of 2005.

Vets say disease had killed 60,000 piglets in Batangas
PHILIPPINES - The so-called porcine epidemic diarrhea syndrome (PEDS) has already killed 60,000 piglets in Batangas province since it struck hog farms last June, provincial veterinarian Dr. Rodrigo Bautista said.

Mid-year livestock count bared
PHILIPPINES - About 250,000 heads of various livestock animals have been recorded by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) Capiz in view of its livestock and poultry inventory for mid-year 2006 to determine the status of farm animals in the province....

Agri agency intensifies measures against swine disease
PHILIPPINES - The Department of Agriculture (DA) has intensified its preventive measures to control the spread of an emerging swine disease, which swine experts called the porcine diarrhea syndrome in some hog farms in Batangas and Bulacan reportedly...

Alert vs. virus in pigs raised
PHILIPPINES - Bio-security measures at the farm level are being strengthened in Negros Occidental in view of the outbreak of the corona virus in pigs reported in Luzon, Gov. Joseph Marañon said yesterday.

Government Implements Piggery Biogas Projects
PHILIPPINES - As the government comes out with programs encouraging the use of alternative sources of energy, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) here encouraged students and local residents to research and use other indigenous sources.

Meat industry launches "Pork-in-a-Box" project
PHILIPPINES - The livestock sector and the government has come up with undertakings to boost the industry with the launching of the "Pork in a Box" as its latest project which is being welcomed together with the other innovations being adopted by the...

Hog congress to draw in 2,000 participants
PHILIPPINES - The national hog convention and trade exhibits to be held here next month has already attracted around two thousand registrants nationwide, organizers said, as local counterparts wind up venue preparations. Albert Lim, National Federation...

Philippines to impose stricter meat import rules
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines will be stricter in issuing meat import permits to curb abuses by unscrupulous traders, said the country's Agriculture Secretary Domingo Panganiban.

PIC announces the successful stocking of its third high health Nucleus Herd
PHILIPPINES - More than 200 GGP gilts and boars were imported from PIC's Bluegrass Genetic Nucleus herd in Kentucky USA to populate the newly constructed facilities, located within a 600-hectare sugar plantation, on the island of Negros in the Visayas...

Hypor Partners with Tyson Agro-Ventures
MANILA - Hypor B.V., the Dutch arm of the global pig breeding company Hypor has signed an agreement with Tyson Agro-Ventures Inc, one of the Philippines’ leading livestock integrators, to establish a nucleus pig breeding farm in Philippines’ Visayas –...

Hog Prices in Philippines Likely to Rise Further in Festive Season
PHILIPPINES - Hog producers in the Philippines made the decision to raise the farmgate prices of hogs by 33% recently. With increased demand due to the coming Christmas season, prices are likely to rise further.

Adequate Pork, Chicken Supplies In Philippines
PHILIPPINES - Supplies of chicken and pork at affordable prices were sufficient to last until the end of 2004, assured the Philippine Department of Agriculture.