The P3 million international standard-slaughter house in Negros Occidental is expected to be operational next month or May at the Sagay City economic zone.

Governor Joseph Marañon, who will turn 73 on March 19, yesterday said the slaughterhouse, a joint undertaking of the Sagay local government unit and the Korean Overseas International Cooperation Agency, can accommodate at least 1,200 pigs for slaughtering a day.

Marañon who was the guest speaker of the induction of Alliance of Hog Raisers Association in Negros Occidental, in Brgy. Taloc, Bago City, also said that more than 1,000 pigs are needed everyday to supply the slaughter house.

'B' sugar prices remain
above P1,000 per Lkg

Millgate prices of domestic or "B" sugar remain above the P1,000 per 50-Lkg levels this week, even inching higher to as much as P1,133 per Lkg, figures provided by the Sugar Master Plan Foundation show.

From the previous week's prices between P1,060 and P1,137.35 per Lkg, prices this week rose to the level between P1,070 and P1,333 per Lkg.

Avail of microfinancing,
DA urges farmers

The Department of Agriculture has urged farmers to avail of microfinancing from the government and to make use of its post-harvest facilities to improve their income.

Secretary Arthur Yap said in a press statement that microfinance is the answer to the farmers clamor for access to credit and availing it from the government is the better option.

Yap, who recently attended the groundbreaking and awarding rites of the high-value commercial crops post-harvest facilities in Cebu City, said farming should be considered a business, adding that farmers should change their farming system by using hybrid seeds and apply modern technologies to attain quality produce.

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