Presyo ng karne ng baboy sa ilang pamilihan, tumaas;
Presyo ng karne ng baboy sa ilang pamilihan, tumaas;
Bigat ng mga baboy, apektado ng matinding init ng panahon ayon sa NatFed
Bigat ng mga baboy, apektado ng matinding init ng panahon ayon sa NatFed
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00:00 The price of pork is rising in the families.
00:02 According to hog farmers, the hot weather is affecting the pigs.
00:06 Clizel Pardilla is in the report.
00:08 Lovely has five positions in the market.
00:14 She can only find pork that fits her budget.
00:18 She brought 150 pesos for half a kilo of pork.
00:23 But the price in the Commonwealth Market is 160.5 or 320 pesos per kilo.
00:31 The price is rising.
00:32 The budget is low.
00:33 So?
00:34 It's only half.
00:36 According to some sellers, the price of pork is increasing by 20 pesos per kilo.
00:41 In the price monitoring of the Department of Agriculture,
00:45 the price of pork and pork is ranging from 300 to 420 pesos.
00:50 Most pigs are dying because of the heat.
00:56 That's it.
00:57 So?
00:58 The price is rising.
01:00 Aside from the price of some feed products like soy,
01:04 the National Federation of Hog Farmers say
01:07 the pigs are affected by the hot weather.
01:11 They are starving and others are suffering from heat stroke.
01:16 So instead of being able to grow them to 115 to 120 kilos in live weight,
01:21 now it's like 90 to 100.
01:25 It's really hard.
01:28 There are heat stroke causes.
01:32 And of course, if they don't eat,
01:35 the immune system of the pigs is compromised.
01:38 According to the Department of Agriculture,
01:40 the price of pork has increased by more than 10 million pesos in the livestock industry.
01:47 But according to the NatFed,
01:49 the price of pork should be only 340 pesos
01:53 because the farm gate price is only 200 pesos.
01:56 We have enough supply and the price is low.
02:00 Because there are traders who are taking advantage.
02:03 The market monitoring of the DA is already increasing to monitor the price of meat.
02:08 The biggest concern now is the effects of the heat stroke on the hog industry.
02:13 When the ASF was flooded,
02:16 it was already affected because ASF travels through water faster.
02:21 So when the farms were flooded,
02:24 even though they have good biosecurity, they were really affected.
02:27 The good news, said the Department of Agriculture,
02:31 is expected to end in June,
02:34 the third and last phase of the clinical trial of the vaccine against ASF.
02:39 In case it ends,
02:40 the DA will help the backyard hog raisers
02:43 to vaccinate their pigs.
02:46 We need to help them.
02:48 It's important to help them because here in the Philippines,
02:51 70 to 80 percent of our smallholders are those.
02:56 The government has a fund.
02:58 The DA is urging for strict biosecurity,
03:01 like putting food, bath, or disinfection.
03:04 There are also technologies that can help in increasing biosecurity.
03:09 In National Livestock 2024,
03:12 different technologies were introduced in raising animals,
03:15 like this automatic feeder,
03:18 which no longer needs to feed and go to the animal's cage.
03:23 It only needs to wait for time
03:25 and it will automatically feed the pigs.
03:29 This way, the exposure of animals to humans
03:34 who may have ASF is reduced.
03:37 Ka Laysal Pahardiliya for Pambansang TV
03:41 in the new Philippines.