Young Guys Beat The Old Guards In Agri-Chem Business

WHEN OUR ADVERTISING account executive at Agriculture Magazine, suggested that we interview the founder of a very successful company that distributes crop protection chemicals and plant nutrition products in Isabela, we readily accepted the suggestion. After all, we love to write about success stories related to farming.

Best Friends From Australia Came Back To The Philippines To Farm For The People

OVERSEAS WORKERS and best friends Jessie Salazar and Josie Ramos, returned to the Philippines after living in Australia for almost half of their lives to help people in poor communities. This led them to establish a social enterprise that mainly profits from growing mushrooms called Best Life Is Serving Society Farm, or simply, Bliss Farm.

Product Eliminates Odor Of Your Pet Dog's Poop

Dr. Ronaldo Sumaoang, a microbiologist who heads Novatech, explains that a pet’s gut is not that efficient in digesting the feed that it eats, usually resulting in poop with many undigested feed materials.

Da Launches ‘Tinda Sa Parola' In Iloilo

“We wanted to reduce the layers of traders and middlemen who control the price of agricultural products before it reaches the consumers.

He Bought The Same Breed Ordered By Japan's Emperor

The first purebred that he bought from Australia in 1989 was the Suffolk, which produces excellent meat.

“PANAAD” Showcases Organic Products Of Negros

“Come and experience the best…Negros Occidental’s 13 cities and 19 municipalities [have to offer] as they showcase their products, arts and culture, tourism destinations, trade and investments, livelihood skills, and even sports, [during the week long] festivities,” Negros Occidental Governor Alfredo G. Marañon Jr. says.

The Large Black Pig Is Here! Perfect for Free Range

AN ANCIENT HOG BREED from old England which was introduced in the Philippines less than two years ago, perhaps for the first time, promises to be a perfect animal for raising as free-range animal. And this could be the right breed to meet the need of health-conscious consumers who are looking for naturally farmed pork.

IPB VAR 6 White Corn Good For Dieters, Diabetics

IF YOU ARE A DIABETIC, or you are overweight and dieting, why not consider eating white corn, especially IPB Var 6, the variety that the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) in Los Baños has been disseminating to farmers?

Lowering Pond Water Temperature With Water Lettuce

ONE OF THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS of climate change on aquaculture in our country is the high temperature of water in fishponds, especially during the dry season months of April to May. In freshwater ponds that are shallow (less than 1 meter) and without any supplemental water supply from irrigation or pumps, “fish kills” can occur when the water temperature exceeds 32 degrees Celsius.

Int'l Agri Research Agency Honors Former Agri Chief

THE INTERNATIONAL Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) in Patancheru, India, recently honored former agriculture Secretary William D. Dar—who served as its Director General from 2000 to 2014—by naming a new building after him.

Service Providers Crucial To Farm Mechanization

HOW CAN RICE FARMERS lower their cost of production to the target of R5 to R7 per kilo of palay? That would make local farmers at par with the farmers of exporting countries like Thailand and Vietnam, which sell their rice to the Philippines.

Dost, Landbank Seal Partnership for Onestore.PH

THE DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (DOST) formally sealed its partnership with LandBank for the oneSTore.ph Project with the recent signing of the Memorandum of Agreement between the two entities at the LandBank Plaza in Manila.

How Dennis Miguel Got Hooked On Sri

WOULD YOU BELIEVE that one tiny rice seedling with just two leaves at planting time can yield 700 grams of grains? That’s what Dennis Miguel proved when he planted rice in black plastic nursery bags following the “System of Rice Intensification” or SRI developed by Cornell University experts.

Producing Milkfish Fingerlings In Brackish Water Ponds Is Profitable

THE MILKFISH (Chanos chanos), locally known as “bangus,” is our country’s most important cultured fish. It is grown in about 200,000 hectares of brackish water ponds (Editor’s note: also spelled “brackishwater”), 10,000 hectares of freshwater and brackish water fishpens, and over 5,000 floating cages throughout the country. In 2016, we produced more than 400,000 metric tons of farmed milkfish.

Fabricating Open-type Rice Hull Carbonizer The i-Baluan Way

WITH INGENUITY and resourcefulness, the Grade 10 students of Baluan National High School (BNHS) in General Santos City fabricated a simple, open-type carbonizer that farming families can duplicate in their own households.

Soya Growers Create Opportunities With Their Success

A SOYA CULTIVATOR who also processes his crop has started gaining recognition for his modest but valuable contribution to the local food industry.

Resort Area Can Create Farming Opportunities

WHEREVER there are people going to a certain place, there are opportunities for farmers to make money. We just came from what could become a major tourist destination in the North, and we can imagine the farm products that could become bestsellers there.

PH-korea Collaboration To Develop Corn Mill

IT IS ALL SYSTEMS GO for the development of an efficient villagelevel corn mill under a collaborative project between the Korea Agricultural Machinery Industry Cooperative (Kamico) chaired by Shin Gil Kim, and the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) headed by Dr. Dionisio G. Alvindia, upon the recent signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA).

Beema Bamboo: Health Enhancer And Clean Energy Producer

BAMBOO is deeply planted in the lives of Filipinos and its endless uses affect them from birth until death.

Leading Global Manufacturers, Governments And Associations Promote Smart Growing Technologies At Horti Asia And Agritechnica Asia

BANGKOK will welcome farmers and growers from throughout Asia in August when it hosts the Horti ASIA and AGRITECHNICA ASIA trade fairs. Attendance is expected to be driven by the region’s increasing demand for agricultural and horticultural technology, which has registered significant market growth in recent years.

Scientists Unlock Largest Map Of Any Crop To Fast-Track Rice Breeding

THE GENETIC VARIATIONS of cultivated Asian rice have been mapped.

Smart Strategy In Rabbits As Agribusiness

IN FARMING, as in any other business, there are those who succeed as well as those who fail. And those who always triumph are those who have studied their projects and adopted the right strategies.

Ashitaba Powder Has Many Uses

MORE AND MORE USES are being developed from the Ashitaba, botanically known as Angelica keiski, which is reputed to possess various elements that are beneficial to human health.

Science And Technology To Boost Philippine Mango Industry

WITH OVER 2.5 million farmers in it, the mango industry in the country is considered one of the backbone industries of the local agriculture sector.

Organic Fertilizers Can Boost Productivity Of Ratooned Eggplant

A GRADUATING agriculture student discovered that ratooning can make mature eggplants (Solanum melongena L.) productive again.

Effective Vannamei Culture Practices

GROWTH RETARDATION and heavy mortality due to diseases has always been a major problem in shrimp aquaculture, both in the Philippines and in all other shrimp producing countries.

Cover Dull Spots With A Carpet Of Flowers

THERE ARE DULL or vacant spaces in a garden where mowing the grass can be difficult or even impossible due to the angle of the terrain—just like at the Runnex Elevated Garden of the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City

Biogas Sludge Can Substitute For Part Of Commercial Feeds For Hogs

RESEARCH SHOWS that as much as 30 percent of the biogas sludge produced from a biogas digester can substitute for commercially produced hog feeds without significant differences in the growth and development of hogs and their carcass yield.

New Farm Machines Showcased At Philmech Anniversary

New farm machines that can tremendously boost farm mechanization in the Philippines were showcased in a field demonstration during the 39th anniversary celebration of PhilMech (Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization) at the Science City of Muñoz in Nueva Ecija.

Building Greenhouses For Filipino Farmers, Building Hope

As I Ponder where to start writing about the 20 years of the Harbest Agribusiness Corporation, a swift recollection of the path we took made me really proud of the men and women who comprised the foundation and pillars that hold Harbest high among its fellow agriculture industry players. Harbest is what it is now due to the partnership that has been established through the years; this is what I fondly call the Harbest Family. Our family members are our loyal employees, our partners, and our suppliers from different countries as well as here in the Philippines. 95% of our product lines are imported from the best brands of the agricultural industry worldwide. Twenty years? Really, we are just starting.