April 30, 2010

Inoza Development Corp. is investing PHP583.9 million (US$13.06 million) for two integrated poultry projects – toll hatching of broiler chicks in Barangay Pada-pada, Gerona, Tarlac and toll production of broiler chicken in Barrio San Pedro, Bamban, Tarlac, which will cater exclusively to its sister company, Bounty Fresh Foods, Inc. (BFFI).

Inoza's proposed hatchery facility will employ a single stage incubation system instead of the multi-stage incubation in traditional poultry farms. It will be made up of 20 setting machines with a hatching capacity of 115,200 each or 2.3 million eggs for one hatching cycle of 21 days or up to 40 million day-old chicks annually.

The all-in-all-out hatching system aims to achieve uniformity in egg hatching and ease in facility cleaning, sanitation and disinfection immediately after the 21-day hatching period.

The temperature, humidity and ventilation are digitally controlled and contingent on the specific requirements of hatching stages.

The first project is a PHP231-million (US$5.17 million) facility and is expected to employ 57 personnel. It is scheduled to commence operation in January 2011. The second, costing PHP352.5 million (US$7.89 million), will employ 25 personnel in February 2011.

Malaya Business Insight reports that the broiler growing facility will be known as the Blueberry Farm because of cutting edge facilities of its kind. It will be made up of 20 buildings each with a capacity of producing 45,000 broilers per building and per growing cycle of just 30-32 days or up to 6.3 million birds annually. It will also be fully mechanical and computerised wherein the broiler chicks are expected to grow faster than the traditional open-sided growing of broiler chicks of 45 days. The capacity per square metre would be doubled from the usual average of 10-20 birds.