By Franco G. Regala
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — After reeling from massive setback from the African Swine Fever (ASF) last year, farmers and hog raisers... Read More...
By Freddie G. Lazaro
LAOAG CITY, Ilocos Norte - Livestock raisers are continuously benefitting from the animal dispersal program of the Ilocos Norte governme... Read More...
By Mike U. Crismundo
BUTUAN CITY – In relation to the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) restocking program, the agency distributed breeding gilts to swine rai... Read More...
By Jan Suszkiw
Traveklling can be stressful experience, and that stress extends to piglets, such as when they’re weaned from their mothers and transported to... Read More...
After the confirmation of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Davao City and Davao Occidental, Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office 6, together with Bu... Read More...
By Nikky F. Necessario
Katherine C. Merin, Technical Manager for Visayas and Mindanao Swine Business Unit, shared her expertise about swine diseases particul... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
The pig is one of the most widely utilized livestock animals around the world. It has been domesticated for several thousand ye... Read More...
Provincial veterinary office chief Dr. Meriam Tiongan received confirmation that laboratory test samples from piggeries at Camp 1, Tuba and Beckel, La Trinidad ... Read More...
Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar and Regional Director Arnel V. de Mesa led the distribution of additional P32-million worth of interventions composing of v... Read More...
By Vina Medenilla
African Swine Flu (ASF) is a highly contagious disease affecting pigs of any age that can spread through live and deceased hogs. In the Phi... Read More...
By Ellaine Kryss Hubilla
African Swine Fever (ASF) is an infectious, usually fatal, disease that affects pigs. It does not affect humans or other species oth... Read More...
Molecular methods in swine breeding and selection are gaining the interest of commercial swine raisers as well as researchers in the country, it was learned fro... Read More...
The Agricultural Training Institute Training Institute-International Training Center in Pig Husbandry (ATI-ITCPH) is offering various specialized courses throug... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
It can be said that some pigs are luckier than many humans because they live in air-conditioned houses day in and day out, never experiencin... Read More...
By Patricia Bianca S. Taculao
Now on its 28th year, the National Hog Convention and Trade Exhibit, with its theme “Eat Pinoy Pork. Support Our Farmers,” focu... Read More...
Breeding and Management of Gilts or Sows
By Julio P. Yap, Jr.
Read Part 3.
Previously, in the August issue of Agriculture Magazine, we tackled the buildi... Read More...
Early life antibiotic treatment influences pig intestinal immune programming. Piglets that receive an antibiotic treatment during early life have a less well-de... Read More...
How to select the right breed for specific purposes.
By Julio P. Yap, Jr.
We previously tackled the swine breeds that are available in the country and their... Read More...
Backyard hog raising is a very popular enterprise in the Philippines because it requires very little space and modest capital, and you don’t need any formal col... Read More...
Heat stress in swine, caused mainly by elevated body temperatures, can result in reduced feed intakes as well as lower pregnancy and fertility rates that can im... Read More...
