The contractor of the Bacolod City Slaughterhouse in Brgy. Handumanan, Bacolod City will conduct a dry run of its hog section by the end of the month.

AVM Bernardo Engineering project supervisor, Jerald Michael de Mesa, yesterday said the equipment arrived only two weeks ago and has been installed in the slaughterhouse by almost 50 percent. He said the equipment for the cattle section area is still expected to arrive, as well as a container van.

De Mesa said the rehabilitation of the building is about 70 percent complete and they will also finish the construction of the perimeter fence. He said Antonio Bernardo, who heads AVM Bernardo, is still in Singapore but will be present during the dry run to evaluate when the facility could start operating.

Iloilo upland farmers
go for biotech corn

Corn farming technology for the upland areas developed by seed company Monsanto Philippines called “Tipid Sak” now allows farmers to plant corn even in highly elevated areas with minimum, if not zero tillage, a biotechnology group said in a press release.

Rosalie Ellasus, president of the Philippine Maize Federation, Inc., said farmers in Sara, Iloilo are using crops like the genetically engineered herbicide-tolerant Roundup Ready corn appropriate for upland areas.

The Roundup Ready corn variety gives farmers an average yield of 4.5 tons per hectare per cropping season, with very minimal land preparation.

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