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…
Three years after our small company, the Southseas Agri-Aqua Ventures Inc. (SAAVI), introduced Sorghum farming in Central Mindanao, we are now all set to contribute to the development of the Cattle and Small Ruminants Industry with the Sorghum Silage. This was not an easy journey for us because convincing farmers to plant Sorghum and finding…
Leaders of the town of La Libertad, Zamboanga del Norte, a landlocked municipality with a population of just about 8,000 and a poverty incidence of 46% arrived in Kidapawan City last night with just one purpose – to meet me. Mayor Ricky R. Cuenca and Former Vice Mayor Dan Botalid, along with a 21-man delegation…
What I thought earlier to be just a friendly visit by a son of Maguindanao del Sur Governor Datu Ali Midtimbang may yet turn out to be the start of the transformation of this former troubled province into a major food production area. Yesterday, Datu Anggal Mayor Nathaniel Midtimbang, former Vice Governor during the previous…
