Service providers crucial to farm mechanization

How can rice farmers lower their cost of production to the target of R5 to R7 per kilo of palay? That would make local farmers at par with the farmers of exporting countries like Thailand and Vietnam which sell their rice to the Philippines.

Farm mechanization can help in a big way, according to Eugene Gabriel, president of a major farm machinery distributor and fabricator in Isabela. He said that total mechanization includes land preparation, seedling production, transplanting, mechanized crop protection, harvesting and postharvest handling.

And that is one reason why Gabriel’s company, Agricom, and his major supplier, Kubota, conducted the Kubota-Saka Thanks Day at the Isabela State University very recently to provide updates on farm mechanization not only among farmers but also very important, the service providers who are experts in the different aspects of farm mechanization.

The event was attended by more than 280 farmers and service providers who are owners of different Kutota machinery. Demonstrations were conducted on the use of rice transplanters, combine harvester, conveyor for seedling production and others.

In land preparation, plows and harrows are not the only implements that can facilitate efficient land preparation. Under certain circumstances, even

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE – A lecture demonstration on preventive maintenance of tractors and implements was conducted during the Kubota-Saka Thanks Day at the Isabela State University in Echague. More than 280 Kubota machinery owners attended the whole...

EUGENE GABRIEL is the president of Agri Component Corporation which distributes Kubota machinery and equipment nationwide. He welcomed the more than 280 participants in the Kubota-Saka Thanks Day held at the Isabela State University. He emphasized that...