Hog deliveries reach 200,000 heads despite ongoing ASF plague
Despite the 2019 African Swine Flu (ASF) outbreak, the Department of Agriculture said it had secured more hog deliveries to the National Capital Region (NCR) from provinces with meat surpluses. Hog deliveries in Metro Manila reached 202,006 heads after 3,775 heads...
Meat supply enough to feed entire PH – agriculture chief
Agriculture Secretary William Dar however said the country’s pork supply remained a “challenge” as the Asian Outlook 2020 and the Department of Agriculture’s National Meat Inspection Service forecast a deficit of about 121,000 MT by yearend.