Category: Feature Stories

Derived buffalo milk products are now made closer to the market for easy reach of customers and to generate favorable environment for enterprise development. It is “Pandora’s Box” of healthy treat and is aptly named “Dairy Box Delicatessen” located along Maharlika Highway, near the main headquarters of Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in the Science City […]

Anyone who has already been at “Milka Krem”, the dairy products outlet of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) in the Science City of Munoz in Nueva Ecija, can ascertain that it has become a haven for an array of delightful, truly refreshing, and healthy products that it sells to the public. It has products such […]

Although the upgrading of the native or Philippine carabao aimed at improving its milk and meat production potentials is widespread and scoring well, there are still farmers who don’t submit their animals for the purpose. Their reason: they want to sustain the niche market in their areas which prefer milk from the native carabaos. In […]

With more and more Filipinos discovering a whole new world of gastronomic delights using carabeef as their prime ingredient to a dish, the water buffalo meat is now gaining attention in the local markets and in many Filipino restaurants. The current demand for carabeef is due to recent studies, which showed that buffaloes are better […]

For centuries, the Philippine Carabao, which is a swamp-type water buffalo, has been the ideal ally of farmers in their farm works. This animal, due to its draft power abilities aside from its being tractable and friendly, is the farmers’ reliable partner in their farming chores that without it they feel they’re less of an […]

Not a few animal experts have expressed the fear of losing the blood lines of the native carabaos. Their fear is not totally baseless, though. The heightened efforts on improving the breed of native carabaos, by way of artificial insemination and the fielding of quality bulls of the imported breed, are on-going and thousands of […]

Raising dairy carabaos is now an added feature of “Palayamanan Plus Nuestra”, a project of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). Rizal G. Corales, supervising science research specialist and project leader, said the add-on will further boost the income of participating farmers. He explained that the project title is a combination of the words “Palayamanan” […]

There’s more to carabaos than just as sources of milk and draft power. They offer big potential too for the meat industry as an increase in the slaughter rate of carabaos for meat or “carabeef” is an indicator of its growing market demand. A study conducted by the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) at the University […]