By Angie M. Veneracion
San Jose, Tarlac is a quiet, beautiful town with very rich natural resources. It was once a part of the municipality of Tarlac C... Read More...
A project at from Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC) Pig Research Centre is hoping to improve animal well-being by utilizing facial recognition technology to deter... Read More...
Leaves are the main diet of caterpillars but they also eat soil to improve their intestinal flora. Researchers from the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-K... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
When we interviewed Captain Oscar Barzaga in June 1992, he must have had the biggest number of purebred sheep in the country that he raised... Read More...
The environment has its ways of telling us about their state. We can actually know what the air was like years ago by looking at tree rings. Air pollution level... Read More...
Brandon Barton, an assistant professor of Biological Sciences at Mississippi State University, together with his students, tried the power of rock music on plan... Read More...
There are several carnivorous and omnivorous fish included in the human diet. These fish feed on other fishes and insects but due to increasing fishmeal prices,... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
When discussing how Dr. Ariel Peregrino manages a huge piggery operation that boasts 2,000 sows to address the pork requirements of more th... Read More...
By Sandra Avant
An amino acid produced naturally in humans, swine, and other species shows promise as an alternative to antibiotics and growth promoters for... Read More...
By Julio P. Yap Jr.
The native pig industry in the Philippines has a vast potential that needs to be explored in order to generate business prospects a... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
When we visited the Marulas Farm Corporation in Pandi, Bulacan, in 1992, we were impressed by several unique money-making ideas in a hog far... Read More...
Bees are responsible for about one-third of the world’s food supply. Unfortunately, there has been a 40 percent decline in most bee populations around the world... Read More...
Hair loss among cattle is an apparent sign that the herd may be experiencing lice problems. Bites from the ticks can cause itching and irritation which prompts ... Read More...
After giving birth, cows tend to care for the offspring immediately. Unfortunately, some reject their calf, preventing them from nursing.
If a heifer, a fema... Read More...
During an expedition to a remote Indonesian island, a group of scientists and insect enthusiasts rediscovered the world’s largest bee after it has not been seen... Read More...
By Paul M. Icamina
The native pig is up for a makeover.
Also known as Sus domesticus, it is a cross between the wild pig (Sus oristatus) and the wild boar... Read More...
A Kansas State University researcher and her team is studying the possible routes for introduction and transmission of African Swine Disease through livestock f... Read More...
A dating application is helping farmers make matches for their cattle. “Tudder” is inspired by and works like the popular matchmaking app Tinder and lets farmer... Read More...
Cattle are commonly bred to provide different goods such as milk, beef, and even leather.
There is a wide array of cow breeds that farmers could choose from... Read More...
By Maria Victoria Conde
If you had the land, would you plant it with sili (chili)? Patricia Bravante, a 30-year-old farmer in Majayjay, Laguna, has more than... Read More...