Category: Agri Ideas
Friendly Pig At The Murrah Dairy Farm In Thailand
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At a Murrah Dairy Farm in Chachengsao in Thailand, the buffaloes are not the only attraction. The fact is that a fat and friendly pig is well-loved by visitors, especially children who love to take their picture with the porker. The pig is well scrubbed and very accommodating. Owners of […]
ORCHARD VALLEY: Where Thousands Of Malunggay Grow & Many More
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Consider visiting Orchard Valley if you are making a tour of organic farms in Iloilo. This is a 33-hectare organic farm in the town of Pavia owned by Johnny Que, vice president of the Panay Organic Producers Association (POPA). Soon upon entering the farm, you will notice a lot malunggay […]
EDNA V. SANCHEZ: A Mistake Gave Birth To Her Premium Dragon Fruit Vinegar
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Sometimes a mistake can be a blessing in disguise. Just like what happened to Edna Sanchez, a Meralco retiree who is doing her own brand of organic farming in a 3.5-hectare property in Jalajala, Rizal. Her flagship product is dragon fruit which she does not only sell as fresh fruit […]
P12,000 Worth Of Guavas A Day From 2.7 Hectares In Iloilo
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A husband and his wife who are government employees have a profitable sideline by growing guava on 2.7 hectares in Brgy. Lanag, Sta. Barbara, Iloilo. Currently, they are harvesting 200 kilos a day worth P12,000 from 3,000 trees that they planted on 2.7 hectares that they are renting for less than […]
Let’s Grow More Durian In Luzon
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Judging from personal observation in supermarkets in Metro Manila, durian prices are much too high for ordinary consumers to afford. For instance, one fruit estimated to be about four kilos, had a price tag of P800 in a supermarket along Ortigas Extension in Pasig City. There were cheaper smaller fruits […]
ROYAL MAVERICK RANCH: Vermicompost Worth P300,000 Monthly From Horse & Goat Manure
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Many years back, when we first visited Royal Maverick Ranch (RMR) in Rosario, Batangas, we saw huge piles of horse manure that the owner apparently did not know what to do. After the passing of several years the manure had become “mountains” of shit that apparently became a problem for […]
HYDROPONICS FARMER HAS A BIG PLEASANT PROBLEM
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Julius Carl Gerona, the PE instructor who grows hydroponics lettuce and kale as a sideline is very excited about the possibilities of producing lettuce and other salad greens the SNAP hydroponics way. We featured him in our blog previously and a lot of viewers became excited because Julius was making […]
Two Interesting Part-Time Farmers In Taiwan
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We met two part-time farmers who have their own lucrative main businesses during our trip to Central Taiwan (Taichung, Nantou and Changhua) from May 28 to June 1, 2019. One of them is Lin Jui-Wen whose family operates the Vienna Pleasance Cottage in the tourist area of Cing Jing in […]
A SUSTAINABLE PARADISE IN TARANUMAN FARM
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One of the eco-friendly activities in Club Paradise Palawan’s sustainability program called EcoConserve is producing its very own fresh herbs and vegetables from Taranuman Farm which are used as the ingredients to a wide variety of food served at Club Paradise’s Firefish Restaurant. The farm started in 2016 and since […]
DR. REY LANTIN: An Edamame Enthusiast Writes To ZBS
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After posting in our blog JelFarm’s plan to export edemame or vegetable soybean to Japan, Dr. Rey Lantin who used to be with the Agricultural Engineering Department of UPLB, sent us his comment below. “Consider me as one happy edemame enthusiast to learn about the plan of JelFarm to produce […]
