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26 March 2012

PHILIPPINES - Dairy consumption in the Philippines is growing, writes Michael Hussey, Food and Beverage Division, Bord Bia – Irish Food Board....
27 January 2012

PHILIPPINES - The Philippine agriculture industry grew by 2.34 per cent in 2011, bannered by the crops, livestock and poultry subsectors, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said Wednesday....
06 January 2012

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has partnered with the Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development (IDRD) to upgrade farmers’ global competitiveness even as the country now produces Dutch-origin Gouda Cheese under a two-pronged...
02 November 2011

PHILIPPINES - Philippine's beef imports during September increased 10 per cent compared with the same period in 2010, to 9,964 tonnes swt, reports Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA). ...
18 October 2011

PHILIPPINES - The government has announced plans to build four or five more modern slaughterhouses and poultry processing facilities....
06 October 2011

PHILIPPINES - Philippines beef imports during August decreased 36 per cent year-on-year, to 7,610 tonnes swt, according to the Philippines' Bureau of Animal Industry. ...
21 September 2011

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - USMEF recently participated in World Food Expo at the SMX Convention and World Trade Center in Manila, Philippines. Now in its 11th year, World Food Expo is the largest and most anticipated food industry trade show in the Philippines....
11 August 2011

PHILIPPINES - Meriden Philippines has recently launched a new website, www.meriden-phils.com. ...
22 July 2011

PHILIPPINES - Meat processors in the Philippines have issued a warning over the possible outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the country from imports from India. ...
29 June 2011

PHILIPPINES - Total beef imports into the Philippines during May increased by 12 per cent compared with the same period last year, to 9,396 tonnes. ...
31 May 2011

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines expects a boost in its pork exports after the World Organization for Animal Health last week declared the country free of the foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said Monday....

PHILIPPINES - As a result of the strict implementation of the anti-cattle rustling law in Isabela province, the police officers have conducted operations which yielded the arrest of two suspected cattle rustlers in Jones, Isabela....
20 May 2011

PHILIPPINES - The National Dairy Authority (NDA) has developed industry partnerships with foreign countries in a bid to bring dairy development into the Philippines. ...
18 January 2011

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has finally lifted its ban on imports of beef and beef products from Portugal....
19 November 2010

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has lifted its ban on imports of beef and beef products from Spain. This followed earlier decisions to lift the bans on imports from a number of other EU Member States....
17 November 2010

PHILIPPINES - Despite the Department of Agriculture’s interventions to minimize the effects of El Nino from January to September 2010, the country’s agriculture sector slowed down by 2.62 per cent, even as the poultry, livestock and fisheries subsectors...
18 August 2010

PHILIPPINES - A drought has hit crop production in the first half of this year but there were small gains in livestock production. Dairy output was up 17 per cent, while water buffalo production was six per cent higher....
16 August 2010

PHILIPPINES - The Province of Antique and other provinces in Region 6 remain free of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD-free), said Dr Romeo Magdato, Provincial Veterinarian....
13 August 2010

PHILIPPINES - San Miguel has reported first-half profit down 89 per cent, but this is due to exceptional items in its brewing business. Its food business, currently up for sale, brought higher revenue. ...
26 July 2010

PHILIPPINES - San Miguel Corporation says it is close to selling a minority share in its food division, San Miguel Pure Foods Co....
18 May 2010

PHILIPPINES - The agriculture sector shrank by 2.8 per cent in the first quarter as a result of the prolonged drought although the livestock sector reports modest gains for the first quarter of the year....
21 April 2010

PHILIPPINES - The Department for Agriculture (DA) sees bright prospects for the country's livestock industries....
13 April 2010

PHILIPPINES - Philippine Agriculture Secretary Bernie Fondevilla has ordered the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) to protect the livestock and poultry industries from diseases....
03 February 2010

PHILIPPINES - The report Performance of Philippine Agriculture January-December 2009, indicates increases in output from the pig, poultry and cattle sectors, while adverse weather caused a fall in the value of fisheries production from the 2008 level....
11 December 2009

PHILIPPINES - The Philippine meat processing industry expects its 2009 production volume to drop by twenty per cent from 2008....
20 October 2009

PHILIPPINES - The government will apply for a foot and mouth disease (FMD)-free certification to the World Organization for Animal Health (also known by its French acronym OIE) late this year, an Agriculture official said yesterday. ...
28 May 2009

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has lifted the ban on beef and beef products from the Netherlands, following confirmation from the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) that the country has contained BSE....
18 May 2009

PHILIPPINES - The Philippines has lifted the ban on beef and beef products from the Netherlands imposed because of concerns over BSE....