More pork shipments from Visayas, Mindanao eyed to hike supply in Luzon
The government will boost starting this week the volume of shipments of live pigs and frozen meat coming from the Visayas and Mindanao to increase the low pork supply in some Luzon areas, particularly in Metro Manila.
Pork-sniffing dogs to help safeguard Cebu amid ASF scare
Poochie, the Golden Retriever, used to be a narco sniffing dog but was trained to be a pork sniffer to provide support to government’s efforts to stop illegal shipment of pork and pork-products to places that implement a hog ban due to the ASF.
Agriculture chief activates crisis team amid hike in hog mortality
According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the total swine inventory in the country was 12.73 million heads as of April 1, 2019, 0.2 percent lower compared with the previous year’s 12.75 million heads. Swine in backyard farms reached 8.06 million heads, down 1 percent from the previous year’s headcount of 8.14 million heads.