The Department of Agriculture (DA) is looking at procuring some 600,000 doses of African swine fever (ASF) vaccine by December this year, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said on Tuesday, Sept. 24. (Photo from the Department of Agriculture) “As far as ASF is concerned, the...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte has reiterated his proposal to the Department of Agriculture (DA) to distribute the vaccines against the African Swine Fever (ASF) to backyard hog raisers for free.This, after DA Secretary Francisco...
(Unsplash) Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte says the upcoming rollout of imported vaccines to curb the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) will help revitalize the country’s hog industry.In a statement on Thursday, May 30, Villafuerte said...
Sen. Cynthia A. Villar renewed her call against agricultural smuggling to protect the country's local hog producers, pushing for Congress to finish the bicameral conference on the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Bill.Villar made the statement as she recently attended the National Federation of...
Senator Cynthia A. Villar said she is confident that the link and network established by the country’s hog producers with institutional markets—such as restaurants and hotels—will lessen their dependence on imported pork.HOG FESTIVAL 2024. Senator Cynthia Villar, Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Hog raisers, in collaboration with the Quezon City local government unit (LGU) and the Department of Tourism (DOT), are gearing up to boost local pork production through a Guinness World Record attempt.With the recent outbreak of the African Swine Fever (ASF) cases in some parts of the Philippines,...
BACOLOD CITY – Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said that hog farmers in Negros Occidental affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) will receive financial assistance from the government.
THE MDRRMO conducts an ASF checkpoint following a reported case of ASF in Pulupandan, Negros Occidental last month....
BACOLOD CITY – Negros Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson said an outbreak of hog cholera is threatening the province’s swine industry.
NEGROS Occidental Gov. Eugenio Jose Lacson meets local chief executives and other local officials in an emergency meeting on Animal Biosecurity and Current...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Hog raisers who are members of the United Association of Pangasinan Swine Grower Inc. (UAPSG) have received a total of P77-million assistance under the Department of Agriculture's Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE)...
CEBU CITY – The provincial government of Cebu has started distributing hog cholera vaccines to backyard breeders, as some areas in Cebu have been affected by African Swine Fever (ASF).
Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy, head of the Provincial Veterinary Office, said at least 24 local government units (LGUs)...
THE Zamboanga city government continues to implement strict border control amid the increase in ASF infections. (Zamboanga City LGU photo)
ZAMBOANGA CITY – Over 1,000 hog raisers here have been affected by the African Swine Fever that has impacted pork supply in the country.
City...
BACOLOD CITY – Police seized P2.1-million worth of suspected shabu from a hog raiser and his alleged drug runner in separate buy-bust operations here Thursday, July 28.
A HOG raiser was arrested in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Alijis, Bacolod City, Thursday, July 28....
