In the same area where we are breeding and fattening Wagyus, Arnel Corpuz and I have started another experiment, fattening of Buffalo Bull Calves. We were able to acquire 13 Bull Calves from the BUKTAMACO Dairy Farm in Malaybalay, Bukidnon last week. Dairy Farms actually have no use for Bull Calves and during my visit…
Tireless Mayor Of Catigbian, Bohol Travels From North To South To Craft Livelihood Program For The Poor! Mayor Benjie Oliva of Catigbian, Bohol is one of a kind. On Monday, he traveled to Piddig, Ilocos Norte to attend the 4th Wagyu, Sorghum & Soybeans Forum. Today, he visited our Wagyu Farm in Polomolok, South Cotabato…
A few days ago, a Thai friend whose company is involved in Aquaculture Development in the Philippines, asked for my help in finding suppliers of Bamboo poles to be used in building fish cages in Lanao del Norte. Kasamsuk “Toto” Patsanun, an officer of CP Foods Philippines, a Thai Multi-National Agricultural Corporation which is involved…
Attending 4th Wagyu, Sorghum & Soybeans Forum In Piddig, Ilocos Norte Feb. 16! Farmers from Northern Luzon who will join the 4th Wagyu, Sorghum and Soybeans Forum in Piddig, Ilocos Norte on Feb. 16 could submit soil samples for analysis for free. The tests which will be done in Piddig on Feb. 15 and 16…
Photos taken by Lawrence Calumpang show the Spanish Longhorn Bucks ready for breeding. Join The Spanish Goats “Toro ng Bayan” Breeding Program! Goat farmers who would like to improve the body and meat quality of their herd could join the COLIPAA Cooperative “Toro ng Bayan” Program Orientation on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Mindanao Small…
My post about a Solar Farm in Currimao, Ilocos Norte which occupies over 200 hectares of a sandy beachhead in the town generated a lot of interests among followers of this page Davao City Veteran Journalist Serafin Ledesma Jr. sent me a message sharing information on what he saw in his travels where Solar Farms…
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…
