GOOD NEW for those who want to grow young seedlings to bigger for future profit. Young mangosteen seedlings are now available for sale at the Sarian Farm in Teresa, Rizal. This is for the benefit of those who want to grow them into bigger size for future profit. CAN BE […]

Carmelo Prado, 51, is the guy who netted P118,920 from half hectare of Sweet Fortune in 2018. A net profit of P118,920 from a half hectare of corn grown in 75 days is very good. Right? Yes! That’s what Carmelo Prado got when he planted for the first time Fortune […]

WHEN STEPHIE, 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. And so […]

ONE WAY to sustain better production and profit in pomelos is to prune unwanted parts of the tree.  Pruning is best done right after harvesting the main crop. PRUNE TERMINALS – What has to be done? Pruning the terminals of branches will encourage more branching. That will result in more […]

FILIPINO AGRI PEOPLE are creative and have many bright ideas in putting up their own farms. One of them is Alfredo Rivera, an agriculturist who is based in Davao City whom we met many years back. To this day, his ideas are still very relevant which others may want to adopt. […]

Not everybody is familiar with the several chemical fertilizer formulations. Kdnowing them will help you apply the right nutrients for your crops. Here they are. COMPLETE OR TRIPLE 14 = 14N (nitrogen) – 14P (phosphorus) – 14K (potassium) UREA = 46- 0-0 AMMOSUL = 21-0-0 AMMONIUM. CHLORIDE = 25-0-0 DIAMMONIUM […]

  Preople who know their papaya swear that the Bakla or hermaphrodite papaya fruit tastes much better than the “Babae” or female papaya fruit. It is very easy to distinguish one from the other. The Bakla is oblong and cylindrical. On the other hand, the fruit of the female papaya […]

Two big agritourism companies are looking for highly competent managers. One is in Dasol, Pangasinan which is engaged in big mango plantation, poultry and agri-tourism. Free housing for the family right in the farm is offered. Contact Carolina Jimenez for additional info at 0917-805-5716. The other company is Tablas Bread […]

One fellow who impressed us most when we visited Central Taiwan on May 28-June 1, 2019 is Steven Fang who founded the Magical Mushroom Tribe in 1993 in Changhua county when he was just 24 years old. Steven, who finished a Computer Engineering course, had his first job as an […]

CRISES ARE NOT always bad. Sometimes a crisis could be a blessing in disguise. Just like what happened to our new friend from Taiwan, Chen Chi Neng, owner of Flower Home Garden Leisure Farm in Miaoli county. MONEY FROM POINSETTIAS  –  While he was in his mid-20s after serving in […]