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Pennsylvania officials said the retooled ByHeart baby formula plant in Reading would help Pennsylvania dairy farmers, but the company currently gets all its grass-fed, organic milk from New York.

The $750 million for livestock producers is part of $10 billion in disaster aid.

Livestock Disaster Payments to Producers Start Next Week

The Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) partnered for the conduct

Author: DA Communications Group | 6 February 2022 In its continuing efforts to revive the countrys hog industry gravely affected by the African Swine Fever , the...

CONTAINMENT MEASURE. A wall-mounted disinfection system to contain African swine fever is installed at a checkpoint in Sitio Consuelo, Barangay Baliling, Nueva Vizcaya on Jan. 21, 2022. Nueva Vizcaya provincial veterinarian, Dr. Christopher Seraspi, said they will assign personnel to help man the checkpoint. (Photo courtesy of BAI Facebook) MANILA - As it seeks to completely eradicate African swine fever (ASF), the Department of Agriculture - Bureau of Animal Industry (DA-BAI) said mentorship fr...

Pork production in the Philippines is expected to rise by 25,000 metric tonnes in 2022.

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BUSINESS VENTURE. Members of Punta Bilar Women's Association (PBWA) in Surigao City undergo a four-day meat processing training by the Livestock Program of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Region 13 (Caraga). The PBWA, a recipient of the PHP444,000 livelihood aid from the Department of Social Welfare and Development, will venture into selling processed meat products through their sundry store business. (Photo courtesy of DA-13) BUTUAN CITY - Mothers belonging to a women's organizati...

SUPPORT TO HOG RAISERS. A total of 746 heads of free-range chicken worth PHP373,000 were released by the Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region to 61 backyard hog raisers in Barangay Matho, Cortes town in Surigao del Sur whose livelihood were affected by African swine fever. The agency said more interventions will be provided to ASF-hit areas in the region. (Photo courtesy of DA-13 Information Office) BUTUAN CITY - At least 61 backyard hog raisers from Barangay Matho, Cortes, Surigao del...