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How to Raise Pigs in an Odor free Piggery
How to raise pigs in an easy to manage and odor free piggery through the Profitable Innovative Growing System or PIGS, a method of raising pigs in an environment that mimics their natural habitat,...
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DA-PCC adopts DNA marker technology to improve milk-producing carabao breeding
The Department of Agriculture-Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) is adopting the DNA marker technology to improve its breeding program. That should contribute over the long term to raising the country’s...
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Diagnosing Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) in Minutes
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="364"] Photo by Royalty-free image collection [/caption] Almost half of the pre-weaner pigs suddenly excrete yellowish watery diarrhea. The same alarming picture...
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Bulacan college puts up breeding station that raised goat inventory by 100%,...
Bulacan state college has put up a breeding station that raised goat inventory by 100 percent and aims to aid small farmers meet brisk demand by eventually producing meat loaf from this healthful goat...
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A science-based approach in raising native chicken
Raising native chickens is an income resource generator. Traditionally, raising native chicken is a backyard practice wherein the chickens can roam freely with minimal interventions in terms of feed...
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How to Raise Cattle in the Backyard
Backyard cattle fattening has gained popularity as an important business project of the livestock industry in the Philippines. Raising cattle in the backyard gives the farmer year-round work and...
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Quality breeders for a bountiful egg harvest
In 2010, the duck industry was very profitable and vibrant, with an estimated population of 10.8 million head. Now, challenges are weighing it down. Decline in the number and quality of breeders and...
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How to Raise Pigeons for Money
How to raise pigeons. Raising pigeons is not only a hobby but a good earner too. They multiply fast if proper care is given, and almost every part of a pigeon has use. For instance, the feathers and...
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Indigenous Feed Resources for Livestock
The rapid development in recent years of Asia’s livestock industry has been matched by the huge increase in the importation of livestock feed. Feed costs are not only a burden on the national budget of...
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How to Start a Poultry Farm Business
Chicken broiler production is one of the most progressive animal enterprises in the Philippines today. The poultry industry began as a backyard enterprise but has shifted to the formation of very large...
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Unlocking the potentials of goat dairying through S&T
At the moment, there is a very small dairy goat inventory, which is barely 6,379 head or 0.17% of the total goat population. Of this meager herd, only about 600 head are in the milk line, 70% of which...
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Simpler Way to Find Out Feed Deficiency
Experts suggested an easy way of finding out whether the chickens are being fed correctly. This is by looking at the floor of the pen to find out whether there are too many or too little feathers...
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Goats’ Meat: sure bet in building rural assets
The goat industry in the Philippines is considered a sunrise industry dominated by backyard raisers, but slowly becoming popular among commercial investors. In January 2015, it stands at a meager 3.67...
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Pellet feeds for goats as an enterprise
The Central Luzon State University is promoting mature feed products and feeding schemes towards enterprise, particularly in goats. Goat raising needs a year-round supply of feeds. In the...
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Family Backyard Poultry Project
In the barangays, nearly every household keep some native chickens. Usually being left alone to fend for themselves, a hen produces 30-50 eggs per year as compared to imported stocks which can lay some...
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Bondoc Peninsula native pigs project raises farmers’ income to P33,700 in two...
A native pig project in Bondoc Peninsula succeeds in raising income of farmers by P33,700 in two years just from selling piglets and opens bigger opportunities for them to sell the specialty “Lechon.”...
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Creating livelihood opportunities from the milk of the beast
Milk is one of the most critical food commodities in the Philippines. About 16% of Filipinos, especially preschoolers and senior citizens, are highly dependent on it. In 2014, local production was...
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Microalgae can be a potential feed for aquaculture species
Microalgae, which are sources of natural aquatic products, are now gaining attention as an ideal potential feed for aquaculture purposes. [caption id="attachment_14555" align="alignnone" width="600"]...
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Backyard Integrated Pig-Fish Culture
Integrated pig-fish culture is not a new concept; it has been practiced for many years in most of Asia. Raising pigs and fish at the same time has several advantages: · Fish farmers can produce fish...
View ArticleBaboy-ramo: A good source of food and bucks
Barrel-like body balanced on top of four long slender legs. Black hair arranged in bristles. Tusks curling out of its mouth, kept sharp and nice. Growl Just hearing its grumble shattering the silence,...
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