Food for Thought

In my farm in Paco, Kidapawan City, I am now propagating nine new Soybeans varieties with the hope that I will be able to discover which of these would give me a higher yield. Of these nine new varieties, six came from the U.S., two from India and one from Brazil which was recently sent […]

The weakest link in the Philippine Food Supply Chain is the antiquated Marketing System where between the Farm Gate and the Kitchen of Filipino families, the basic food items go through several tiers of traders and middlemen jacking up the price by as much as ten-fold. The Marketing Anomaly starts with the local “financier” who […]

It has been almost two months since Cotabato had a significant rainfall to allow farmers to plant. In fact, we had to put on hold all of our Sorghum and Soybeans expansion program because the land is bone dry. In spite of this, however, I was able continue with the second cycle of the propagation […]

A new Soybeans variety from India which is undergoing field trials in my farm in Kidapawan City is showing indications of early maturity with over one half of those planted Jan. 2 this year ready for harvest at 86 days old. Soybeans ordinarily mature at 100 to 130 daysand the early maturity of the Indian […]

In an orchard of fruit trees, there will always be a few that will stand out from the rest by producing the most and sweetest fruits. No two trees, even if they belong to the same variety, would be the same as there are really outstanding producers. This was the criteria which we used in […]