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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Philippines' broiler farmers urge government to address frozen chicken imports amid oversupply
In light of the current oversupply situation that has led to declining revenues in the local poultry industry, broiler farmers in the Philippines have appealed to the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) to ease the importation of froze ...
Monday, February 27, 2023
Philippines' poultry farmers seek long-term solutions from the government for the industry
Philippines' poultry group, the United Broiler Raisers Association (UBRA), has urged the government to propose a long-term solution to ensure the country's chicken supplies amid high prices of various commodities, The Philippine Star report ...
Monday, December 12, 2022
Cargill in partnership to bolster food security Philippines by capacitating smallholder corn farmers
In an effort to further support the Philippine agriculture sector, Cargill Philippines is launching the Agri-Sagana Project in Cagayan and Isabela with the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) to capac ...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Farm gate prices of chicken and eggs and in the Philippines decline
Gregorio San Diego, chairman of the United Broilers and Raisers Association (UBRA) and Philippine Egg Board Association said farm gate prices of chicken have dropped to PHP 92 (~US$1.61; PHP 1 = US$0.017) from PHP 99 (~US$1.73) per kg, and ...
Monday, November 14, 2022
Philippines launches swine farm compartmentalisation programme
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture has launched the Compartmentalisation Program of swine farms, one of the major components of the country's Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE) Prog ...
Thursday, November 10, 2022
Farmers group questions Philippines permitting import of animal protein from ASF-hit countries
A farmers group in the Philippines has questioned the decision of the country's Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to allow the import of processed animal protein from countries affected by African swine ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Pig, cattle farmers in Laguna, Philippines, self-producing feed to save costs
Farmers in Barangay Santa Rosa, Laguna, the Philippines, are now producing their own animal feeds out of locally-available raw materials to save on production cost.
Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Farmers in Philippines urge for more imports of feed raw materials
Farmers in the Philippines called for increased imports of the raw materials used in animal feed, citing the need to provide relief to growers suffering from rising input prices in the wake of the war in Ukraine and the logistics disruption ...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
US$2.2 million chicken farm project in Mindanao, Philippines, given approval
The Philippines' Board of Investments (BOI) recently approved a ₱118.5 million (US$2.2 million) chicken farm project of RCB Poultry Farm in South Cotabato, Mindanao, the Philippines, that will augment the chicken supply in the region.
Monday, June 20, 2022
Philippines' Board of Investments approves new RCB Poultry Farm project
The Philippines' Board of Investments (BOI) has approved a new PHP 118.5 million (~US$2.18 million; PHP 10 = US$0.18) RCB Poultry Farm project in in South Cotabato, a province in the Soccsksargen region in Mindanao, that will boost chicken ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Philippines to construct biosecure farms in bid to revive swine sector
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture will provide PHP 5.5 million (~US$107,000; PHP 10 = US$0.20) each to local farmers' cooperatives and associations to build biosecure farms that will manage or contain the spread of deadly livestock ...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Philippines detects bird flu in duck and quail farms
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture said it has confirmed highly pathogenic H5N1 strains of avian influenza in some duck and quail farms near the capital of Manila, Reuters reported.
Tuesday, February 1, 2022
The Philippines proposes an income tax holiday for swine farmers
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture has proposed an income tax holidat for swine farmers to boost swine repopulation in the country, Philstar Global reported.
Tuesday, May 11, 2021
3.3% drop in Philippines' farm output in Q1 2021
The poor performance of the Philippines' livestock and poultry subsectors had contributed to a 3.3% reduction of the country's farm output in the first quarter of 2021 despite an abundant crop harvest, the Philippine Statistics Authority (P ...
Thursday, March 4, 2021
Philippines helps ASF affected pig farmers transit to aquaculture
The Philippines government has encouraged backyard pig farmers to switch to aquaculture following the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).

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