ILOILO HOGS ‘SUFFICIENT’

PVO: 35K hogs shipped to Metro Manila

Tabuada said.

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less than 80 kilos Indi sila magbakal sang baboy nga kay kon magpagwa kita sang baboy bisan gamay pa, maabot

balaklon,” he ang tiempo nga wala na kita stressed. sang daku nga

Tabuada also confirmed that there’s a movement in pork prices in the province.

Live hogs are being sold at P150 to P160 per kilo here, he said.

Based on t he PVO’s monitoring, prices of meat hover around P240 to P260 per kilo. “Ang na- basehan na bal-

is an sang nagabaligya sang backyard  level. So, karne ang ila nabakal sa

lagson man ina sang aton manug baligya sang karne ang presyo nga ina kay kon indi

baboy,” Tabuada sila maglagas, wala sila sang baklon nga explained.

Despite t he i ncrease i n pork prices here and the forthcoming entry of imported meat, the official is enjoining the public to still patronize local products “

baligya.” para indi man maapektohan

He al s o encouraged ang aton mga manug f a r mers t o e ngage i n hog- raising because now is a “good opportunity to generate income.”

Earlier, Department of Agriculture ( DA) in Region 6 director Remelyn Recoter said the pork price hike being experienced in the region won’t take long. The agency i s banking on President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent approval of Executive Order (EO) 128 which reduces tariff rates for both in- quota and out-quota imports of pork.

Tariff rates for imported pork within the minimum access volume will be down to five percent for the first three months upon the EO’s effectivity and 10 percent for the fourth to 12th month from the current rate of 30 percent.

“With t hi s , we a r e expecting that these pork imports would boost the supply, especially in Metro Manila. So this would imply

ma- decrease live hogs nga na ang ila,” Recoter stressed.

nga ipadala naton didto Meantime, if a consumer sa finds the current pork prices in the markets costly, Recoter said they may opt to shift to other sources of protein like chicken or fish.

“So, may shifting food preference

sa nga matabo.

other Siempre kon mahal, may ara sources,” she said./ man mas barato nga