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                    [Title] => Hog farmers back DA programs
                    [Summary] => The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) officials led by chairman Nemesio Co and president Albert R.T. Lim Jr. expressed their readiness to cooperate and support the Department of Agriculture (DA) programs under its new head, Secretary Arthur C. Yap.


Co said the federation is always ready to dialogue with Yap and other DA officials on concerns that affect the hog industry and agriculture as a whole.


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                    [Title] => Swine farmers push Senate Bill 1004
                    [Summary] => The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) has sents an appeal to President Arroyo and Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. to act decisively and swiftly on the issue of importation of carabao meat.


The organization is referring to Senate Bill 1004 which seeks to allow meat importation only from countries and zones free from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).


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                    [Title] => FMD law to knock down high pork prices
                    [Summary] => The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI), the country’s largest hog farmers’ association, is pushing for the passage of Senate Bill 1004 into a law that will block the entry of carabeef from foot-and-mouth (FMD)-risk India and other FMD-risk countries. The key, according to the organization, is the passage of the bill sponsored by Sen. Manuel Villar who was then the chairman of the Senate committee on agriculture. 


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                    [Title] => Hog raisers set convention-exhibit in Cebu City
                    [Summary] => The country’s largest national federation of commercial and backyard hog raisers will hold its 12th convention and exhibit in Cebu City on April 25-26.


This is the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI) headed by its chairman Nemesio Co with 20 member associations across the country.


The Cebu Poultry & Livestock Association Multi-Purpose Cooperative (CPLAMPC), Cebu’s first and biggest livestock cooperative, will host the event.


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                    [Title] => Excessive meat importation threatens local hog industry
                    [Summary] => Leaders of the hog industry warned yesterday that the P83-billion-a-year industry is on the verge of collapse because of smuggling and excessive importation of meat.


In a letter to Sen. Edgardo Angara, officials of the National Federation of Hog Raisers (NFHR) led by its national chairman, Nemesio Co, said that farm gate prices of hogs have been dropping to record low levels because of the dumping of processed meat and carabeef.
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In a letter to Sen. Edgardo Angara, officials of the National Federation of Hog Raisers (NFHR) led by its national chairman, Nemesio Co, said that farm gate prices of hogs have been dropping to record low levels because of the dumping of processed meat and carabeef.
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Hog farmers back DA programs

August 29, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) officials led by chairman Nemesio Co and president Albert R.T. Lim Jr. expressed their readiness to cooperate and support the Department of Agriculture (DA) programs...

Agriculture

Swine farmers push Senate Bill 1004

April 25, 2004 - 12:00am

The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) has sents an appeal to President Arroyo and Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. to act decisively and swiftly on the issue of importation of carabao meat. The...

Agriculture

FMD law to knock down high pork prices

October 26, 2003 - 12:00am

The National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI), the country’s largest hog farmers’ association, is pushing for the passage of Senate Bill 1004 into a law that will block the entry of carabeef from...

Agriculture

Hog raisers set convention-exhibit in Cebu City

April 6, 2003 - 12:00am

The country’s largest national federation of commercial and backyard hog raisers will hold its 12th convention and exhibit in Cebu City on April 25-26. This is the National Federation of Hog Farmers, Inc. (NFHFI)...

Agriculture

Excessive meat importation threatens local hog industry

By Efren Danao | October 27, 2002 - 12:00am

Leaders of the hog industry warned yesterday that the P83-billion-a-year industry is on the verge of collapse because of smuggling and excessive importation of meat. In a letter to Sen. Edgardo Angara, officials...

News Commentary