Drought Hits Crops But Dairy, Buffalo Output Rose
PHILIPPINES - A drought has hit crop production in the first half of this year but there were small gains in livestock production. Dairy output was up 17 per cent, while water buffalo production was six per cent higher.

Higher Revenue For San Miguel Food Group
PHILIPPINES - San Miguel has reported first-half profit down 89 per cent, but this is due to exceptional items in its brewing business. Its food business, currently up for sale, brought higher revenue.

San Miguel Close To Divesting Food Group
PHILIPPINES - San Miguel Corporation says it is close to selling a minority share in its food division, San Miguel Pure Foods Co.

Livestock, Aquaculture Output Rise Despite Drought
PHILIPPINES - The agriculture sector shrank by 2.8 per cent in the first quarter as a result of the prolonged drought although the livestock sector reports modest gains for the first quarter of the year.

Optimism Expressed For Philippines' Livestock Sector
PHILIPPINES - The Department for Agriculture (DA) sees bright prospects for the country's livestock industries.

Challenge To Protect Livestock Sector From Disease
PHILIPPINES - Philippine Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla has ordered the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to protect the livestock and poultry industries from diseases.

More Output From Philippines Agriculture In 2009
PHILIPPINES - The report Performance of Philippine Agriculture January-December 2009, indicates increases in output from the pig, poultry and cattle sectors, while adverse weather caused a fall in the value of fisheries production from the 2008...

New Dairy Building Opened in Kabankalan
PHILIPPINES - A new dairy cattle building has been inaugurated at the five-hectare Animal Breeding and Genetic Improvement Center of Negros State College of Agriculture (NSCA) in Kabankalan City.

Philippines in Search of Milk
PHILIPPINES - The Philippine imports raw milk largely from New Zealand, Australia and the United States amounting to US $ 400 M to $ 500M every year where this goes into processing for commercial reconstituted milk and other dairy products with the overall...

Philippines Plight to Bring Self Sufficiently to Dairy
PHILIPPINES - A move to import hundreds of dairy animals from New Zealand reflects the serious manifestation of the National Government to increase the nation's self sufficiency rate in milk production pegged at only six percent as of last year.

Capiz Livestock and Poultry Inventory
PHILIPPINES - About 280,778 heads of various livestocks have been recorded by the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) – Capiz in view of its livestock and poultry inventory as of January 1 this year to determine the status of farm animals in the province....

Buffalo Imports Threaten Philippine Livestock
PHILIPPINES - A decision made by the Philippines Department of Agriculture to open the market to buffalo meat importation may adversely effect the rest of the livestock industry, whilst also posing a serious threat of disease.

Cebu City Gets Tough On Cruelty
CEBU CITY - This city is the first local government unit (LGU) in the country that has passed an ordinance against cruelty to animals using forced oral drenching method before slaughter even before RA 8485 otherwise known as the Animal Welfare Act of...

Scientists Eye More Milk Through Cloned Buffaloes
THE PHILLIPINES - After its success in cloning the first water buffalo in southeast Asia, Filipino scientists are trying to improve the genetic make up of this animal and even seeing it as an alternative to increase the supply of milk to eventually decrease...

Dairy industry self-sufficiency seen with P3.7 B-investment
PHILIPPINES - The Philippines doesn’t need to forever depend on importing dairy products costing it P27.5 billion yearly if only it invests P3.67 billion for 25,000 purebred dairy buffaloes to achieve self-sufficiency in 10 years.