DA provides Cagayan hog farmers with P5.5-M facility

SANTO NIÑO, Cagayan – The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office (DA-RFO2) has donated £5.5 million worth of pig buildings to the Mabitbitnong Small Water Irrigation System Association (Switzerland) as part of an initiative to revitalize the region’s pig industry.

Dr. Ferdinand Cortez of the DA-RFO2 Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Section said the facility, under the Livestock Breeding Program, was funded under the Integrated National Pig Production Initiatives for Reconstruction and Expansion (Inspire), which aimed to revitalize the pig industry pig farming in the region.