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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to dip (week ended Aug 29, 2012)
Pork producers may expect sufficient corn supply next year as the Department of Agriculture is projecting a sufficiency level of 101% at 8.4 million tonnes with a surplus of 149,000 tonnes. This should bring good news to hog farmers as adeq ...
Monday, August 27, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Rains and floods weigh down on Philippine farmgate hog prices (week ended Aug 23, 2012)
Producers say delivery has been difficult due to impassable roads which are inundated by floods brought by monsoon rains and typhoons in the last three weeks. Traders are predicting some price improvements in the coming weeks as the weather ...
Friday, August 17, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices unchanged amid typhoon (week ended Aug 14, 2012)
After the massive floods brought about by the monsoon rains last week, the northern part of the country was again ravaged by typhoon Helen which dumped heavy rains and whipped strong winds that toppled trees, houses and other infrastructure ...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices fall flat on massive flood (week ended Aug 8, 2012)
The livestock subsector grew slightly by 0.5% in the first semester of the year and grossed PHP100.3 billion (US$2.37 billion) led by the hog industry that has helped sustained the sector's positive performance in the first six months of 20 ...
Friday, August 3, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices flat on weak demand (week ended Aug 1, 2012)
Meanwhile, typhoon Gener (international name: Saloa) has devastated the country this week, claiming 37 lives and destroyed PHP240 million worth of infrastructure and crops. Livestock farmers say Gener is among the most destructive typhoons ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices steady on sluggish market (week ended Jul 25, 2012)
Local hog raisers lash at Canada and Australia's opposition towards the Philippines' bid at the World Trade Organization (WTO) for a three-year extension of the country's quantitative restrictions on rice after it ended on June 30 of this y ...
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Philippine hog raisers lash at Canada, Australia
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Friday, July 20, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices steady as typhoon season sets in (week ended Jul 17, 2012)
The month of July and onwards are always regarded as the "typhoon season" as monsoons and more low pressure areas are conceived during this period. Rains have submerged the nation in the past two weeks and a new cyclone is threatening the c ...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices remain unmoved amid oil price hike (week ended Jul 10, 2012)
After a 13-week streak of price rollback, prices of fuel and fuel products have jacked up anew this week. Gasoline, diesel and kerosene went up by PHP1 per litre, 50 centavos per litre and 35 centavos per litre, respectively. Authorities sa ...
Friday, July 6, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog price on upward trend (week ended Jul 3, 2012)
According to the Philippine Star daily, Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said a quarantine officer from the DA and not from the private sector would be given access to the IFM to ensure the quality and legality of meat shipments into th ...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Philippine hog raisers laud government for stopping meat smuggling
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Friday, June 29, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices continue to improve on soaring demand (week ended Jun 26, 2012)
Although the rift between meat importers and pork producers seemed to have simmered, hog farmers remain firm in their decision to pursue a five-day meat holiday if meat imports continue to pour. Hog farmers say they are closely monitoring t ...
Monday, June 25, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices upbeat on rising demand (week ended Jun 19, 2012)
Traders say the upbeat market trend might also be due to consumers' seemingly sudden clamour for pork over a looming meat holiday. Farmers however are happy with the way prices have been going as this month is usually an off season for them ...
Friday, June 22, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Farmgate hog prices steady despite heavy downpours (week ended Jun 13, 2012)
A legislator called on hog farmers not to push through with their plans of staging a five-day meat holiday as this would unduly burden consumers and adversely affect the livelihood of agricultural workers. Liberal Party Representative Mark ...
Thursday, June 14, 2012
Philippine hog weekly: Opening of classes improves farmgate hog prices (week ended Jun 6, 2012)
The Swine Development Council said that about 87 million kilos of pork have been smuggled to the Philippines last year. According to the group, the figures came from the Bureau of Customs and this should prompt the government to be more vig ...

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