New Innovations in Chicken Farming Ensure Faster ROI

agrimagOctober 3, 2018

  The Bounty Agro Venture Inc. partner farms in Mindanao employ new tech to protect their investments. By Maan D'Asis Pamaran Poultry farming has ... Read More...

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Organic Pork at Urban Agri Trade Show

agrimagSeptember 13, 2018

By Zac B. Sarian An enterprising organic farming entrepreneur is now producing processed organic pork products. Called Porkganic, the processed pork products... Read More...

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Egg Farm Saves Money (and Trees) by Making Their Own Trays

Yvette TanSeptember 12, 2018

By Yvette Tan SLC Agriventures is an egg farm based in San Jose, Batangas, dubbed the “Egg basket of the Philippines.” Read about SLC Agriventures her... Read More...

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A Visit to an Egg Farm

Yvette TanSeptember 11, 2018

By Yvette Tan What came first, the chicken or the egg? In SLC Agriventures, an egg farm, it starts with the former. “We buy ready to lay pullets. We d... Read More...

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PCC Improving Native Carabao Breed for Greater Productivity

agrimagAugust 29, 2018

For centuries, the Philippine carabao, which is a swamp-type water buffalo,has been the ideal companion and helpmate of farmers in their day-to-day chores. Its ... Read More...

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Native Carabaos are Forever

agrimagAugust 28, 2018

Not a few animal experts have expressed fears that the bloodlines of native carabaos may be lost in the light of heightened efforts to improve the breed of nati... Read More...

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Reviving Rice-Fish Farming in the Philippines

agrimagAugust 26, 2018

Rice-Fish farming is the integrated, simultaneous culture of rice and fish in irrigated rice fields or paddies. It is an old practice that is believed to have b... Read More...

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Researchers Work on Lowering Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Poultry Houses

agrimagAugust 24, 2018

The University of Delaware's (UD) Hong Li is part of a research team looking at how adding alum (aluminum sulphate) as an amendment to poultry litter reduces am... Read More...

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Carabeef for All: A Closer Look at Carabao Slaughtering Procedures

agrimagAugust 22, 2018

There’s no dooubt that ‘carabeef’ or carabao meat, has become popular with the public because it is healthy and delicious. Studies show that carabeef is 10% low... Read More...

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Carabeef Gastronomic Delights

agrimagAugust 21, 2018

With more Filipinos discovering carabeef dishes, the demand for the meat of the water buffalo is increasing in local markets and many Filipino restaurants. By ... Read More...

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Getting More from Going Zero: The Zero-Waste Pig Farming System

agrimagAugust 17, 2018

By Pamela V. Carbungco The adjective pig might now lose its metaphorical meaning with a new zero-waste pig farming system developed in Central Luzon State Un... Read More...

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Not ‘Mud’ Anymore: The Alimango has a New Name

Julio Yap Jr.August 12, 2018

Known locally as ‘alimango’, this ten-legged decapod crustacean is also called the Indo-Pacific swamp crab, though ‘alimango’ was more commonly translated as “m... Read More...

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Native Carabaos Do Well in Niche Markets

agrimagAugust 4, 2018

Despite the current initiatives to upgrade the stock of the native or Philippine carabao aimed at improving its milk and meat production potential, there are st... Read More...

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Importance of Proper Pasture Management

agrimagAugust 1, 2018

Proper pasture management plays a vital role in higher productivity from and profitability of buffaloes By Ma. Cecilia C. Irang Pasture managers consider th... Read More...

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Rabbit Farming Seminar for CLSU Vet Med Students

agrimagJuly 31, 2018

Veterinary medicine students of the Central Luzon State University (CLSU), located at the Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija, recently enjoyed a rabbit faming s... Read More...

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Food waste for Pigs Could Save Threatened Forests and Savannahs

agrimagJuly 30, 2018

In other words, kanin-baboy can be good for the environment. By Jaime Abella Sison, DVM, FPCVFP A new study shows that if the European Union lifted the pigs... Read More...

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Raising Native Pigs is Profitable and Environmentally Friendly

agrimagJuly 29, 2018

Who knew that making money could be good for the environment as well? By Dr. Rafael D. Guerrero III The native pigs in the Philippines originated from the f... Read More...

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Multiplier Dairy Farms: Multipying Dairy Buffalo-Based Opportunities

agrimagJuly 28, 2018

The continuing efforts of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) to encourage Filipino farmers to venture into carabao-raising and carabao-based enterprises has gi... Read More...

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Carabao Raising Added Feature to Philrice’s ‘Palayamanan Plus’

agrimagJuly 25, 2018

The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is boosting the features of the “Palayamanan Plus Nuestra” project of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) with... Read More...

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Lubang Island: The Future Land of Milk and Honey?

Julio Yap Jr.July 24, 2018

Beekeeping offers this island an interesting new way to make money from agriculture. By Julio P. Yap., Jr. Lubang island is about 150 kilometers southwest o... Read More...

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