Negros Occidental aids livestock farmers affected by 'Odette'
BACOLOD CITY – The provincial government recently turned over P3.4-million worth of assistance to livestock and poultry farmers from three towns and five cities in the second and third districts of Negros Occidental affected by typhoon “Odette” in 2021.

BENEFICIARIES receive livelihood assistance from the Department of Agriculture (DA)-Western Visayas and the provincial government of Negros Occidental worth P3.4 million during the turnover ceremony at the E.B. Magalona public plaza on Wednesday, October 11. (Provincial Capitol PIO)
Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson led the distribution of the livelihood assistance to farmers at the public plaza of E.B. Magalona on Wednesday, October 11.
Beneficiaries were from Manapla, E.B. Magalona, and Murcia, and the cities of Cadiz, Sagay, Talisay, Silay, and Victorias.
They received 48 carabaos, 72 goats, and 696 free-range chickens worth a total of P3,431,520.
Dr. Placeda Lemana, provincial veterinarian, said funds for the assistance were a component of the P36.5-million Negros Occidental Typhoon Odette Livestock and Poultry Rehabilitation Program sourced from the Quick Response Fund of the Department of Agriculture (DA).
Lemana said the assistance aims to restore damage to the livestock and poultry industry in the province. It also aims to replace the animals lost when the typhoon struck the province on December 16, 2021, she added.
Local officials encouraged the beneficiaries to cooperate in the re-dispersal program of the provincial government to enable more livestock and poultry raisers in the province to avail of similar assistance.
They also appealed to them to take care of the animals.
E.B. Magalona, being the host of the ceremonial turnover of assistance, also received 600 free-range chicks and 15 pullets that will be given to its swine raisers.
Two hundred bottles of fresh cow’s milk will also be given for the day-care centers of Poblacions I, II, and III as part of the provincial capitol’s milk feeding program.
The free-range chicks and fresh milk came from the Provincial Livestock Breeding Center and Dairy Farm in Barangay La Granja, La Carlota City.