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Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hogs prices improving as Christmas season nears (week ended Nov 20, 2012)
The government is still at heels on pursuing botcha or contaminated meat which has become abundant in the last few weeks as the Christmas season approaches. Although consumers have been warned of its health risks, some buyers have opted to ...
Friday, November 16, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hogs prices remain firm amid proliferating botcha (week ended Nov 13, 2012)
The National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) is now increasing its guard against botcha which has been rapidly spreading in the wet markets of Metro Manila. Although prices of farmgate hogs are good, pork farmers say it might abruptly go dow ...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hogs prices slightly up as processors wrap up holiday meats production (week ended November 6, 2012)
Prices of farmgate hogs remain on the uptrend over the week as meat processors are wrapping up production of specialty meats, most notably, Christmas hams. Pork producers say meat importers and processors have preferred local pork for their ...
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Demand for Christmas hams spur prices of farmgate hogs (week ended Oct 30, 2012)
Pork producers expressed concerns over alleged hoarding of corn in some major producing provinces. The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines has been wary of the rising costs of corn which have reached PHP17 per kilo from the average ...
Friday, October 26, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Surging holiday demand lifts farmgate hog prices (week ended Oct 24, 2012)
Meanwhile, pork producers are worrying about the rising costs of corn and other feed ingredients, which they fear would impact the production in the first quarter of 2013. The US drought has jacked up prices of imported feed ingredients suc ...
Sunday, October 21, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to fall over weak demand (week ended Oct 17, 2012)
Hog producers are wary of the influx of imported meat, most of which are smuggled. The illegal activity flourishes as the Christmas season approaches. Although frozen Peking ducks have been banned due to bird flu in China, these are often s ...
Friday, October 12, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Philippine farmgate hog prices continue to weaken (week ended Oct 10, 2012)
Meanwhile, local hog raisers assure stable supply of pork in December but warned of a spike in the product's prices due to rising costs of feeds. The Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines said there is ample supply of pork until the ...
Monday, October 8, 2012
Philippine hog raisers assure ample pork supply in December
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Monday, October 8, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Bumper corn harvest stabilises farmgate hog prices (week ended Oct 2, 2012)
The Department of Agriculture has assured stable pork prices in December due to anticipated record corn production this year. The agency says there will be adequate corn for livestock producers amid rising soy and wheat prices in the intern ...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices stable amid weak farmgate hog prices (week ended Sep 19, 2012)
Meanwhile the government is still supporting the use of genetically-modified corn for feed consumption amid protests. According to the Department of Agriculture (DA), transgenic corn is a safer pest resistant which makes it non-dangerous fo ...
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices remain unchanged (week ended Sep 26, 2012)
The Philippine Bureau of Customs has assured local hog and poultry raisers ofcontaining the alleged smuggling of cheap, imported meat into the country. The agency recently held a tour for livestock farmers of its new facilitation procedures ...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Philippine customs bureau assures hog, poultry raisers against meat smuggling
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to drop (week ended Sep 18, 2012)
Pork producers are again preparing to launch another action to urge the government to guard against the deluge of smuggled meat. The group said they will be more aggressive in its campaign against smuggling particularly in the last four mon ...
Friday, September 14, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Botcha influx pulls down prices of farmgate hogs (week ended Sep 12, 2012)
Meanwhile, the Manila Special Meat Squad (SMS) has warned of a deluge of botcha or meat taken from long dead animals with the start of "ber" months leading up to Christmastime. The group said unscrupulous traders would take advantage of the ...
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices remain firm (week ended Sept 5, 2012)
The Bureau of Customs has suspended top meat importers for not complying with the agency's requirements. BOC commissioner Ruffy Biazon said these importers have violated importation laws of meat and other agricultural products through techn ...

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