BUFFALO DAIRYING IS FOR THE YOUTH, TOO
BY CHARLENE CORPUZ In the Philippines, everyone with a college degree commonly aspires for a white collar job.Such is not the case for Patrick Pascual, 29, of Sto. Domingo, Nueva Ecija. He has a degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, which he earned at the Nueva Ecija University of Science and Technology in […]
FOR HARD WORK, PAY-OFFS ARE WITHIN REACH
BY CHARLENE JOANINO AND MA. THERESA SAWIT Juggling responsibilities in managing a buffalobased business and taking care of the family’s daily needs may seem to be hard-knock. But for Emily Velasco of Villa Joson, San Jose City, multitasking and yet being productive is possible as long as you put your heart into both.A mother of […]
BUFFALO FARMING PAVES WAY FOR CLOSER FAMILY TIES PLUS ECONOMIC BENEFITS, TOO
BY CHARLENE CORPUZ Being a member of Pao Producers Cooperative in Lupao, Nueva Ecija, Roderick Tallar, together with his wife Shirley, fulfilled PCC’s requirements and had availed of two Brazilian Murrah buffaloes under the agency’s dairy buffalo module in 2010. A year after, another dairy buffalo, which was pregnant at that time, was entrusted to […]
DAIRY BUFFALO RAISING: A FARMING COUPLE’S STAIRWAY TO SUCCESS
BY MA. CECILIA IRANG AND ANSELMO ROQUE A farming couple, Victoriano and Dominga Dumale, of barangay Licaong, Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija, was known to many in their village for literally sleeping in pen where their buffaloes are sheltered.What’s their reason behind the odd practice? “To make sure that our animals can stay […]
DETERMINATION, LOVE, SACRIFICE POWER SUCCESS
BY CHARLENE JOANINO AND CHRISSALYN MARCELO Tinges of pain fill the heart of Henry Orbino of Calinog, Iloilo whenever he looks back to his humble beginnings then as a struggling worker. Now, he proudly proclaims that buffalo dairying buried all those seemingly unsurmountable challenges that befell him then.He used to work in a bakery in […]
SAN JOSE CITY COUPLEREGARDS BUFFALO DAIRYING‘MANNA FROM HEAVEN’
SAN JOSE CITY COUPLE REGARDS BUFFALO DAIRYING ‘MANNA FROM HEAVEN’ BY MA. CECILIA IRANG At the onset, married life for Samuel and Erlinda Mercader of barangay San Agustin, San Jose City in Nueva Ecija was a bit rough.They were both farmworkers in someone else’s farm. Samuel sidelined as a construction worker for extra income.In 2000, […]
Cara-Aralan FFD features ‘Kwento at Kwenta’ of champion farmers in NegOc
The Cara-Aralan Farmers’ Field Day (FFD) held on October 23 in San Juan, Siquijor, became a platform for DA-PCC at La Carlota Stock Farm (DA-PCC at LCSF)-assisted champion farmers to share their inspiring journeys in carapreneurship, under the theme “Kwento at Kwenta ng Tagumpay.” Corazon Badie, a pioneering carapreneur from Cadiz City, Negros Occidental, opened […]
DA-PCC reaps awards in annual scientific convention
Four research and development papers from the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Carabao Center (DA-PCC) were recognized during the 61st Scientific Meeting and Annual Convention of the Philippine Society of Animal Science (PSAS) held on October 22-25 at the Acacia Hotel in Davao City. With the theme “Progressive and Food-secure for the Philippine Animal Industry,” this year’s […]
DA-PCC entrusts pregnant buffaloes to MBIA cooperative
Despite the heavy rains brought about by Typhoon Kristine, the DA –Philippine Carabao Center at Central Luzon State University (DA-PCC at CLSU) conducted a ceremonial entrustment of 22 pregnant buffaloes, along with one calf, to the Mulawin Bata Irrigators Association, Inc. (MBIA) as part of the initiative facilitated by Sen. Cynthia A. Villar’s Dairy Herd […]
Ilocos Sur co-op equipped with skills in carabao prod’n thru expanded ALAB Karbawan training workshop
The DA-Philippine Carabao Center at Mariano Marcos State University (DA-PCC at MMSU) in partnership with the Suyo Multi Purpose Cooperative (SMPC) conducted a training workshop from October 14 to 18, 2024, focused on enhancing dairy farming skills among cooperative farmer members. With the theme “Anan-Nuang: Comprehensive Training Program on Dairy Buffalo Production and Management for […]