Cheaper pork coming to metro with deluge of hogs from countryside

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Metro Manila markets will soon have cheaper fresh pork thanks to upcoming delivery of hogs from Mindanao, Visayas, and some parts of Luzon including Batangas.

Department of Agriculture Secretary William Dar met with hog producers from the Soccsksargen region over the weekend to discuss collaborative actions in line with the “whole of nation” strategies to revive the hog industry and reduce pork prices.

On February 6, Sec. Dar together with DA Undersecretary for Livestock William Medrano and Region 12 Executive Director Arlan Mangalen, led the send-off of two trucks containing 130 heads of live hogs each, weighing a total of 26.4 metric tons.

 

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It goes to show people in Visayas and Mindanao are industrious. There are always hogs raised in their backyard. There are no shortage of food in the country side - a bamboo shoot, or a bunch of star apple will calm your stomach until the end of the day,

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