Catigbian: Bohol’s Livestock Capital

Catigbian is now hailed as Bohol’s Livestock Capital. It is home to the Catigbian Livestock Auction Center - Bohol’s first and only modern auction center which is also reputed to be the biggest in Central Visayas.

Inaugurated last October 16, 2006, the P9M CLAC is the only covered animal trading facility in the whole Philippine archipelago which can accommodate 400 carabaos and cows, as many pigs, goats and poultry including fighting cocks for trading. More

I wish there is something like this in Nueva Ecija or Bulacan area. 

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Linn Post & Pipe - Rawhide Portable Corral System

Lately I've been hunting for some sort of a corral system for backyard cattle raising and this design came on top of the list. A very nice portable system in which it can be deployed by a single person. I know this is not applicable on what I am trying to implement but the design of this portable corral system is amazing.

Veterinarian helped control threat of cattle plague

Dr. Walter Plowright, the British veterinarian who developed an inexpensive vaccine that contributed to global efforts to wipe out a disease responsible for millions of cattle deaths, died Feb. 19. He was 86.

In 1999, Dr. Plowright became the first veterinarian named as a World Food Prize Laureate, an honor given because of the impact of his rinderpest vaccine. The prize is awarded to individuals for outstanding achievements that improve the quality, quantity, or availability of food.

Officials with the Food and Agri-culture Organization of the United Nations, or FAO, credit Dr. Plowright with greatly helping to eradicate rinderpest by developing the vaccine during his time in Kenya in the 1950s. The organization nominated him for the World Food Prize. More

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More on cattle grass feeding

Grass feeding is a traditional method of feeding cattle in the Philippines. For small time farmers on a backyard cattle raising who doesn't have the luxury of having a large space the cattle is tied to a rope and being pastured from one particular space to another. This can also avoid the cattle from destroying the crops of other farmers in the vicinity. Study shows that grass fed cattle or beef tastes better and has more nutrition. More

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Meet the Super Cow

They call it the Belgian Blue . . .


Video courtesy of YouTube and National Geographic Channel

Paiwi System against having your own corral

For the last 5 years we've been doing the so called paiwi or paalaga system for backyard cattle raising. The advantage in this kind of system is that you don't exert much effort when it comes to attending the day to day needs of the cattle. The downside is the earnings or profit side of things in which by default 50% goes directly to the person responsible for the cattle.

Lately I was able to get in touch with another backyard cattle raiser in Bulacan area in which he is having his own corral instead of entrusting the cattle or do a paiwi or paalaga system. According to him he has more control over his cattle since he can check them out once in a while specially with the food intake and health of the livestock. He has a better chance of having a good quality cattle and of course the market value comes with it.

So I've been thinking it over. I guess this is the way to go . . . The first thing that comes into mind would  be the location and design of the corral.

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Livestock auction market Urdaneta Pangasinan

In Northern Luzon the most popular livestock auction market is in Anonas, Urdaneta, Pangasinan. This would be the ultimate place in locating different breeds of livestock for backyard cattle raising or cattle fattening. When visiting this place be sure to bring along with you an 'expert' in buying livestock by just looking at it. That's how the trade is being engage. If I am not mistaken the schedule of livestock auction is every Mondays and Fridays. You can also refer to this directory list to locate a local cattle breeder in your area.

The City, is strategically located in the central eastern part of Pangasinan, which is transversed by the Manila North Road, virtually bisecting the locality into the west and east side. It is bounded in the north by the Municipality of Binalonan, south by the Municipality of Villasis, east by the Municipality of Asingan and west by the Municipality of Sta Barbara. With this location of Urdaneta, it makes it a convenient bagsakan market. It is the gateway to Baguio City and Northern Luzon provinces, and to central and western Pangasinan.

It is believed that the bagsakan center in Urdaneta City was an offshoot of the city’s cattle market during the World War II. Urdaneta, then a town, had no definite area for selling cattles and business was done at the plaza and near the municipal hall. People from Luzon provinces would go to the city to buy cattles and “bagoong” (fish sauce from Lingayen town) to bring to their provinces. Soon the cattle traders from the
Pangasinan municipalities and nearby provinces thought of bringing with them their farm harvests, aside from their cattles, and sold them in the market. By word of mouth, news spread that vegetables and fruits were sold in Urdaneta, and soon, not only cattle traders were buying and selling the fam produce but wholesalers as well. As of today, a large cattle market is situated in Barangay Anonas of this city, and is known to be
Northern Luzon’s biggest cattle market. However, the bagsakan market remains in the city proper near the plaza. Map image courtesy of wikipedia.

Livestock auction market in Padre Garcia Batangas

I haven't been to any of this livestock auction markets. I know there is a livestock auction market in Urdaneta Pangasinan and this video is in Padre Garcia Batangas.This would be the best place to find cattle for backyard cattle raising or cattle fattening in southern luzon area. More information about Padre Garcia on Wikipedia. You may also refer to this directory list to locate a cattle breeder in your area.