Wala pa ba updates? specially for bulacan area?

I believe that a lot have been succesful with Napier Grass. If i'm not mistaken, there are people who are also selling seeds and cuttings of Napier for propagation/ planting.

I am trying to search for AI services in my area in Bocaue...but no success. If you guys know, pls post details please.

@Buraen, normally they cost from around 80K @ 1.5 to 2 yrs.

A full grown purebred brahman bull is a sight to behold. When I was younger, I remember the time when the Karitons which sell different native products where being pulled by Brahman Bulls..Those days are gone. Kabayo na lang ang panghatak ngayon. 

Randy Favis of Masbate I think is nearer. I beleive they occasionally ship cattle to luzon and other places as well. PM me your email and I'll send you the contact details.

^The news item was published on March 2010. Not really sure if it pushed through.

What we are aware is the importation of Murrah Carabao.

As for buying 'imported' Brahman breeds. Mr. Ian Abalos (San Mateo, Rizal) and Mr. Edwin Sanchez (Lipa, Batangas) keeps and sells 'pure' Brahman Cattle.

The Murrah type Carabao is I think one of the best. Big Bulky body with Generous Milk Production.

The government is importing more than a thousand cattle for P162 million to improve the genes of the local stock.

In a newspaper ad on Monday, the Agriculture department invited suppliers for 1,200 heads of purebred American Brahman cattle and 25 bulls.

The government has set the opening bid at P100,000.

American Brahman is the first beef cattle breed developed in the US that has been one of the top choices in crossbreeding programs due to its "exceptional hardiness and physical stamina, its ability to…live twice as long as normally expected," according to the Website of the American Brahman Breeders Association.

National Dairy Authority (NDA) Administrator Orkhan H. Usman earlier said his office had sought P450 million from the Budget for the cattle imports.

Prices of foreign cattle, he said go up yearly. Last year, P450 million could still buy about 4,000 heads of dairy cattle. At today’s price of P125,000 per head, the country can only buy 3,600 of the animals with the same budget.

The Philippines can supply only a percent of its dairy requirement, and growth in dairy production has slowed since 2006. The NDA’s goal is achieve liquid milk sufficiency in eight years. — Kristine Jane R. Liu, BusinessWorld (March 2010)
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Anybody got news if this pushed thru?

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Ang sabi sa akin sa mga big farms..minimum na yung 1,000 pesos per head. Of course, it can go as high as 1,500 to 2K..depending on Feeds, Overhead and Market Price.

Castration makes the Bulls less agressive i suppose. It makes them bigger also. So for fattening purposes, should be better.

Btw,do we have a analyis of the following:

               DM, Crude Protein, Crude Fiber, Crude Fat, Metabolic Energy
Corn
Soya Pulp
Rice Bran
Copra

Sir,
There is something wrong sa formulation, calculation or assumptions.

It will be impossible to create 21% CP from a combination of ingredients having only 11% & 12%.

One of the ingredients should have a CP of more than 21%.

Are there any drawbacks ng 'supak' method?

The problem with ear tags..kasi.parang madali siya mapalitan...or ma-itransfer sa ibang baka.

Baka mamaya..ilipat sa ibang baka na mas pangit yung ear tag mo...he he he..(thats if, kung nagpapa iwi ka..) Pero kung identification inside the corral or ranch..ok lang din.

For me..I would'nt have problem with identification..I think I could easily identify my cattle..until mga 30 to 40 pcs cguro.

If you have some means...bili ka na lang ng one of the following:
1. Copra Meal
2. Sapal ng Niyog
3. Sapal ng Tokwa
4. Sapal ng Mais - Tahop
5. Soya Pulp / Pulp ng Taho

Then add nyo sa Darak+Asin....makaka survive na kayo niyan..but please make sure na meron pa din kayo binibigay na ginikan & damo..

Hope it Helps.

Its so dificult to detect a pregnant cow. A friend of mine was deworming one of his skinny cows a couple of weeks ago, in the hope that it can improve its condition...then a day after deworming, the cow gave birth to a calf. Suprising. One can never be sure that a cow is not pregnant.