Exciting and informative articles make up our latest issue. Our cover story chronicles the expansion binge of Venvi Group, an agribusiness powerhouse in northern Philippines that is making waves at the local livestock and poultry scene. There is a feature article on low-external input native pig raising and how this animal production method is bringing hope to poor farmers in Quezon province adversely affected by climate change. Among others, get to know how Thailand’s CP Group’s  latest foray into the cooked chicken business  in the Philippines is creating a stir  in the local rotisserie and friend chicken market.

Our latest issue  has for its cover story an in-depth article on  how the Philippines handles its African Swine Fever problem and how its strategy impacts on meat processing and meat trade. It also discusses the investments made by  two  local independent  companies, one into integrated pekin duck and meat production,, the other on poultry dressing plant. And as a standard fare, the latest edition also provides latest update on Philippine meat imports, dairy imports, feed imports and other relevant articles on the country's grains, feeds, poultry, ;livestock, meat and other allied industries.

Our latest issue  features a package of interesting articles, industry trends and updates on Philippine livestock, poultry and meat trade  and industry. It includes a fascinating story about a successful layer farmer from Batangas province who has shifted to breeding  elite beef cattle lines to take advantage of rising beef prices due to growing domestic consumer demand.  It also presents highlights of the 2018 Report on the Swine Production Performance in the Philippines. Our 40-page edition offers tips for pig producers on how to engage in sustainable waste management, latest report on the country's  meat imports, outlook of poultry in the next six months, among other topics.

Our latest issue describes, among others, how prepared the Philippines is in preventing or handling the dreaded African Swine Fever which has already brought problems to its neighbor China but has not yet reached the country.  It also features the newly-installed biogas project of Wellisa Farms, a Bantayan, Cebu-based agribusiness firm hit by Typhoon Haiyan years ago. Our latest edition also talks on Bountry Fresh’s acquisition of New Zealand’s Tegel Group, plus latest market trends and insights on the country’s grains, feeds, livestock and meat industries.

How the Philippine native cow is being transformed into world-class quality beef similar to Angus and accepted even in first class hotels is the cover story of our latest issue.  It also features an article on Asia’s and Philippine’s first swine semen production facility of Semen Cardona, a leading pig genetic supplier of Spain. Our latest edition also includes a topic on  cassava as corn substitute, broiler disease management using local herbal trees as antibiotics, latest meat import data of the Philippines and other informative articles on updates, trends and issues dealing with the feeds, livestock and meat industries of the Philippines and the rest of the world.

Our latest issue takes a look at a brewing controversy over an embryo transfer technology project between the Philippine National Dairy Authority and a private animal genetics firm for the country’s cattle farms in their bid to upgrade the genetic makeup of bovines in the Philippines and increase milk production for its growing population. It also includes an interview with the top leader of the nation’s hog industry group,  articles on cattle import shipment from Australia, and other industry insights and market reports on livestock and meat and allied industries in the Philippines.

Our latest issue features the story of a young entrepreneur who successfully rebuilt his feed milling business outside Manila and is now a major industry player after his old feed plant was heavily damaged by the worst flood that hit the Philippine capital in 2009. It also includes an article detailing efforts of the Philippine government to woo participants to engage in communal dairy farm projects. The latest issue also offers tips on preventing post-weaning diarrhea in piglets, explains why it makes sense to fast pigs before slaughter and offers other informative articles  on livestock and meat business like updates on Philippine meat and dairy imports, latest swine inventory,  among others.

The latest edition of LaMB Philippines  Magazine features the tale of a  Filipino high school dropout who  used to work as executive pastry chef in Thailand but came back home to put up a goat and cattle dairy business  and is now aiming to become the Philippines' biggest livestock farm in 10 year. It also includes investment stories on cattle slaughtering  and  chicken processing by  Manila-based RSRH Livestock Corp. and  Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp., respectively. The latest issue also takes a look on the ongoing  Semen Cardona swine AI stud project in the Philippines, status of antibiotics use in Asia and Pacific,  ways of managing  avian flu in the Philippines, update on the country's meat imports, and related topics on animal health, nutrition, meat production, processing and trade.

Our latest issue  is an information-packed edition that explains, among others, why a leading Philippine broiler integrator, as most  local commercial chicken farms, are not keen on exporting poultry products to the global market in spite of the Philippines’ unique advantage of being an avian-flu free country. 
It also tackles a brewing debate between meat importers and traders on one hand, and local broiler farms, on the other over tariff on mechanically separated chicken meat. Additionally, it discusses how a Batangas feed miller thrives amid stiff competition, and presents the latest data on  Philippine meat  and dairy imports, feed raw material imports and other valuable information on  the grains, feeds, livestock and meat industries.

A Philippine project to build and operate a Triple A poultry dressing plant for commercial broiler farmers  that could process chickens for the local and export market continues to hit a snag due to fund mismanagement of local officials involved in the undertaking. Our latest issue also features a broiler farm expansion bid of an aggressive agribusiness couple in Cebu, a writeup on the inauguration of the biggest cold storage facility south of Manila, and many other articles on investments in poultry, feeds, as well as topics dealing with animal health and nutrition, and meat import trade.

Philippine agribusiness  firms are expanding their feed mill capacity in anticipation of bigger growth of the country's poultry, livestock and aquaculture industries. This issue features one such expansion binge of a  big player, Pilmico Animal Nutrition Company of the Aboitiz Group. Our latest edition also includes a write up of Pilmico's foray into  table egg production and articles  on dairying, animal disease management,  and other interesting topics. It also offers readers  the latest trends in the country's meat import trade as well as research updates on  feed raw materials,  meat, sugar and many more.

This issue discusses efforts being done by a town in Masbate to upgrade and computerize its livestock auction market to enable buyers, sellers and other stakeholders to engage in a fair and transparent trading system. One article also takes a look into the seed contract growing arrangement between Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta and corn farmers in Pangasinan and how the deal is improving  the growers' living condition.  Another writeup talks on the joint venture between Jollibee and Cargill to put up a poultry processing plant to ensure a steady supply of chicken for the former's chain of restaurants. It also contains recent findings on the Newcastle Disease among Philippine farms, update of the meat import trade, and many more.

This issue tackles a Philippine Supreme Court ruling banning  genetically modified organisms or GMOs  and how the order impacts on the feed and food industry and its implication on food trade and food security. It also  offers the latest report on the Philippines' meat import trade, pork and chicken outlook and other interesting topics. Additionally, it features Universal Robina Corporation's newly inaugurated "AAA" slaughterhouse, the distributorship agreement between India's Ayurvet and a Filipino company, among others.

Our latest issue has for its Cover Story a writeup on how the Philippine government is trying to regulate mechanically separated meat and what this means to meat importers, traders, processors and the consuming public. It contains a special feature describing integrated food safety programs for effective slaughterhouse management. It also includes an article about a large swine investment project of Excelsior Farms with the support of Big Dutchman Proline Group, plus other regular topics and updates on  Philippine meat imports, animal disease management and other trade and production issues related to livestock and meat.

This issue offers a wide range of articles that include a closer look at how and why the Philippine soybean market crashed,  an update of its meat imports, a  feature story on the waste-to-energy project of Universal Robina Farm, a study on the best farming and plant operating practices of two of Malaysia's leading poultry -based companies,  results of a latest survey identifying  which are the Top 20 food items consumed by Filipinos, and many other topics of interest to people engaged in livestock and meat business, including allied industries like animal health care and animal nutrition, slaughtering and poultry dressing, meat processing, meat trade, and cold supply chain

This issue offers a wide range of articles dealing with small-scale hog raising approaches that outsmarts conventional hog production methods; biosecurity tips for backyard poultry farms; trends and analysis of the meat import trade in the Philippines; issues and outlook of the grains and feed industry; a look at the livestock and meat business in Caraga region, and many other topics of interest to people engaged in livestock and meat business, including allied industries like animal health care and animal nutrition, slaughtering and poultry dressing, meat processing, meat trade, and cold supply chain.

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LaMB Philippines Magazine - Volume 4 No. 9

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