Amid lack of government support, the Philippines has been slacking in corn production. The situation has gone so bad that importation has already become a necessity. CORN Roger Navarro, president of the country’s largest group of corn producers Philippine Maize Federation (PhilMaize), said in an...
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has raised concern over insufficient local corn production and is urging the government and local producers to address the urgent need to ensure reliability and consistency of supply in the country. Photo by Balázs Benjamin from Pexels Corn...
An animal feed production facility is expected to be established in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has disclosed. DOST Secretary Fortunato "Boy" T. de la Peña (PCOO/MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the...
A group of young cyclists which has been advocating the feeding of street people in Antipolo City since the pandemic hit the country is urging devotees of the Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage to start donating recyclables. Fr. Reynante Tolentino gives away a pack of bread to a sampaguita vendor...
Commercial mucopolysaccharides B-glucan and mannan oligosaccharide or MOS may soon be replaced as crustacean feed additives as the country’s researchers are looking into the possibility of replacing them with crustacean feeds with banana peels (Musa acuminata), water hyacinth leaves (Eichhornia...
The country’s renewable energy (RE) developers are eyeing to rake in next year P35.693 billion worth of feed-in-tariff (FIT) payments, a form of subsidy collected from all Filipino electricity ratepayers. That will be an increase of roughly...
Hang back from the horrors of Covid life and take refuge in the metaphors for our larger fears, such as our fear of death or disease or isolation or life itself. Horror as a genre is built around one truth: that the world is full of fearful things. But the best horror tells us more. It tells us how...
The Department of Energy (DOE) has started awarding the last batch of degressed feed-in-tariff (FIT) incentives to qualified biomass and run-of-river hydropower projects that reached commercial operations on the prescribed cut-off date last year. Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi The recent round of...
After receiving backlash for citing high local corn prices as the main reason for its decision to import 81,000 metric tons (MT) of feed wheat from the Black Sea and Australia, the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has agreed to buy more corn from farmers. PAFMI President Nicole...
