Seven technical staff from the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) and three from the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) recently completed a two-week training on “Production and Distribution System of Animal Products.” Sponsored by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), the training was conducted by the Korea Institute for Animal Products Quality Evaluation (KAPE) on September […]
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PCC holds consultation-workshop on animal nutrition concerns
The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) conducted a one-week consultation-workshop aimed at harnessing livestock extension services to enhance animal nutrition, forage production, conservation, and pasture development. Initiated and funded by the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), the consultation-workshop was conducted on October 5-11 at the PCC national headquarters in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva […]
GenTri: Sustaining carabao development amid industrialization
As it approaches its 10th founding anniversary, the General Trias Dairy Raisers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (GTDRMPC) in General Trias, Cavite has already set the bar high in terms of carabao-based dairy production for other emerging dairy cooperatives. Upon its establishment in 2005, the GTDRMPC rented a building to serve as its processing plant and marketing outlet […]
Dairy forum tackles challenges in dairy buffalo production
Dairy farmers in the National Impact Zone (NIZ) of the Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) need to enhance the milk production performance of their dairy buffaloes in order to further improve their income from their respective buffalo-based enterprises. This was the focal point of the dairy forum conducted on September 30 by PCC’s Dairy Herd […]
San Agustin, Isabela: Carving a name of its own in carabao crossbreeding
Every place has its own marks or attributes which may catapult it to prominence. And such distinguishing features can become channels or pathways for progress and development. Take the case of San Agustin in Isabela province. Its success in upgrading the carabao or the native swamp buffalo has earned for the municipality the distinction of […]
PCC trains Lupao farmers on high quality corn silage production
The Philippine Carabao Center (PCC) recently conducted a one-day training for 12 farmers from Barangay Parista, Lupao, Nueva Ecija on the production of high quality corn silage. Held at the PCC national headquarters in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija on September 25, the training was conducted as part of the PCC’s collaborative […]
Banker-entrepreneur with a social agenda. He dared to dream in ‘businessizing’ the carabao… and succeeded
How does an investment banker also become a carabao dairyman and succeed in both occupations? Well, Danilo V. Fausto did it the hard way, just like how he developed his expertise in serving a variety of clients in investment banking as well in packaging and flotation of municipal bonds. Spurred by a social purpose to […]
PCC, Ubay LGU launches ‘Pangnegosyong Gatasan ni Juan’
“Pangnegosyong Gatasan ni Juan (Juan’s Dairy Business)”, a project of the local government of Ubay in Bohol province is now underway. The undertaking was officially launched during the town’s 167th foundation day celebration on September 1 in cooperation with the Philippine Carabao Center at Ubay Stock Farm (PCC at USF). It is being […]
PCC at USM earns honors at Cotabato’s Centennial Kalivungan Festival 2014
The Philippine Carabao Center at the University of Southern Mindanao (PCC at USM) was adjudged 3rd place Top Seller among some 40 exhibitors who participated in the Cotabato Tourism and Trade Expo, popularly known as “Market-Market sa Kapitolyo”. The trade fair served as one of the main highlights of the observance of Cotabato province’s 100th […]