The first Spanish Goat kid in the Mindanao Small Ruminants Nucleus Farm (MSRNF) in Makilala, North Cotabato which weighed 3.15 kilos at birth has gained 300 grams after just two days. The big brown buck kid, the first of three kids of the Pure Spanish Goats, named “Big Boy,” has become a symbol of the…
LYR, that’s Larry Y. Rubinos, owner of a chain of motorcycle and appliances stores all over Mindanao, is known among cockfighting aficionados as a gamefowl breeder and owner of the biggest arena in Tagum City. But nearing 73, he has made a monumental decision to abandon gamefowl breeding and shift instead to Wagyu Breeding, a…
In Photo: Junio Brahman bulls in the Victa Ranch of Mexico, Pampanga. Bright Prospects For Cattle Farming In 2026 As Global Production Drops By 1.5% & US Beef Prices Hit $9/Lb! Cattle Farming, whether commodity breeds like Brahman and Hybrids or the Premium Wagyu, offers the best opportunities for Filipino farmers for 2026 because of…
Hybrid Sorghum Seeds for grains and Silage production will be available during the 2nd Wagyu & Sorghum Forum in Roxas, Isabela Jan. 17. Over 1,000 bags of 20-kilo seeds will be transported from the cold storage facilities of Green and Grow Teknologies in General Santos City to Isabela in response to the great demand for…
“Kung mag-aalaga ka ng baka, tupa o kambing na walang siguradong supply ng kumpay o pagkain, para ka lang kumuha ng bato at pinukpok sa ulo mo.” Starting a Cattle, Sheep or Goat Raising Project without first establishing the source of forage, silage or feeds is a surefire formula for disaster. The latest report by…
In Photo: Even without modern and expensive equipment, Arnel feeds his Cattle using Carabao-drawn carts to deliver Silage to the Feeding troughs. A poor boy from Kiamba, Saranggani who worked as Janitor in a Cattle Feedlot in South Cotabato and later became Manager of a 30,000-head Wagyu Fattening Facility in Australia, is literally breathing fire…
Last night, I received a message from a retiring CPA who asked for advice on what to focus on in farming as he prepares for a life in the farm. He told me his has 9 heads of cattle, 11 goats, a few turkey and native pigs. My answer was: “Focus on Cattle farming because…
(Photo grab from video of Toto Frades, Braveheart Farms) Today, two top officers of an Indigenous People’s Cooperative in Malaybalay, Bukidnon have signified their intent to join the newly-formed Philippine Wagyu Association. Lawyer Burt Estrada, Chairman of the BUKTAMACO, a Tagoloanon Tribe Cooperative, and John Rey del Rosario, the operations manager, visited our Wagyu Feedlot…
Farmers and agricultural entrepreneurs, some coming from as far as Ifugao, Mindoro Island,, Pangasinan and Rizal, yesterday joined the 1st Wagyu Beef Production Meeting in General Santos City and agreed to formally establish the first ever Philippine Wagyu Association. Organized by a still-to-registered company, The Farm Innovations, Solutions & Technology Company (The FIST Company), the…
In the hills of Malaybalay, Bukidnon, floods and soil erosion are real threats to farms, homes, and communities. But one woman has been quietly building a natural solution — armed not with machines, but with Philippine Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper). Ma’am Myrna Decipulo, retired government worker and locally known as the Mother of the Giant…
