A PRICELESS ‘GIFT’ FROM A FATHER TO HIS SON
BY CHARLENE JOANINO There is an adage that says “education is an inheritance that can never be stolen”. For Almario Benitez of Brgy. Porais, San Jose City, he gives profuse thanks to his father who not only provided him good education but also guidance in sharpening his ability to do farm works and buffalo dairying.He […]
AIMING FOR A LARGER GOAL IN BUFFALO DAIRYING
BY CHARLENE CORPUZ At his age of 62, Lodivico Guieb, Sr. of Ayos Lomboy in Guimba, Nueva Ecija is still enthusiastic in dairy farming. He still aims to achieve his goal of having a larger herd. He already has 51 dairy buffaloes, among them are two bulls, 10 lactating ones and the rest are calves.Aside […]
FOR A DAIRY FARMER IN MARAMAG, BUKIDNON, HAVING PAINS MEANS HAVING GAINS
BY MA. CECILIA IRANG AND CHRISSALYN MARCELO Living in a mountainous area, traversing a very rough road just to get to his place, and enduring all consequences brought by the loss of electricity supply, Zosimo Tejano of Maramag, Bukidnon, didn’t take all these as hindrances for him to continue his venture in buffalo dairying.Zosimo, one […]
BENEFITS OF BUFFALO DAIRYING CAN’T BE UNDERRATED, A BUKIDNON COUPLE AVERS
BY MA. CECILIA IRANG Nida Abellanosa of Don Carlos, Bukidnon, once harbored doubts and pessimistic outlook about the journey on buffalo dairying that she and her husband Carlo embarked on.She revealed that she underrated the benefits of buffalo dairying as she had not seen anyone yet who was getting successful in this widely embraced venture […]
YOUNG FARMER FINDS ‘GOLD’ IN BUFFALO DAIRYING
BY MA. CECILIA IRANG AND MERVALYN TOMAS One of the crucial goals of the DA is for the country to be food self-sufficient. But, it is difficult to achieve this goal if the country’s youths wouldn’t engage and disregard the clarion call for delving themselves in agriculture. Happily, we can find some youths who are […]
‘IN THIS ENTERPRISE, I AM THE BOSS’ —MICHAEL PASCUAL
ON ACCOUNT OF TECHNOLOGIES ON BUFFALO PRODUCTION BY MA. CECILIA IRANG Michael Pascual, 42, chairman of “Bagong Pagasa sa Bagong Talavera Primary Multi-Purpose Cooperative” in barangay Minabuyok, Talavera, Nueva Ecija, is one of the dairy farmers who adheres to and adopts the technologies and good practices being catered and implemented by PCC for a more […]
FROM A FARMER IN MAGALANG, PAMPANGA: ‘THERE CERTAINLY IS A BRIGHT FUTURE IN BUFFALO DAIRYING’
BY CHARLENE JOANINO AND CHRISSALYN MARCELO It is almost 20 years now since Andy Poe Garcia of Magalang, Pampanga started rearing buffaloes. It began in that day when his brother-in-law talked to him and convinced him to try it. Try he did and he never was sorry for it. He now owns a herd of […]
‘CROSSBRED BUFFALOES BRING FORTH BIG BENEFITS’, SAYS AN AWARD-WINNING DAIRY FARMER
BY MA. CECILIA IRANG What could be the reaction of a manual laborer when he starts reaping bounty from a newfound undertaking?“Very much delighted,” said Robert Garbino, a member of Calinog-Lambunao-Bingawan Carabao-based Entrepreneurs, Inc. (CLB-CARES, Inc.) in barangay Dalid, Calinog, Iloilo, when he got hold of a sum of money from his new source of […]
FAITH IN BUFFALO DAIRYING YIELDS BLESSED FORTUNE
BY MA. CECILIA IRANG For Bernadette Dela Cruz, 27, of Diliman 1, San Rafael, Bulacan, her ambitions in life demand hard work, passion and fortitude. She courageously believes, just like what her name indicates— “brave as a bear”, that she wouldn’t fail.She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Food Technology degree through buffalo-based enterprise that […]
FATED TO BE A SUCCESSFUL VBAIT
BY CHARLENE CORPUZ Eduardo M. dela Cruz, Jr. of San Miguel, Bulacan is a graduate of Bulacan State University (BSU) with the degree Bachelor of Science in Agriculture in 1997. He worked as a para veterinarian for an RP-German project based in BSU from 1998 to 2001.He also worked as animal health technician in Saudi […]