Isabela LGU, target pataasin ang produksyon ng corn silage na inaasahang magpapaangat din ng produksyon ng gatas
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00:00The target of the local government of Isabela is to strengthen the production of corn silage.
00:05Because aside from feeding the cows,
00:08it is also expected to help in increasing the production of milk in the country.
00:13That's what Benji Durango said.
00:17Some people say it's trash, but for the farmers of Isabela,
00:20money is the equivalent of it now.
00:21Corn silage is made from seeds, trees, and corn kernels.
00:25There's a lot of it now because of the effect of El Nino.
00:28For example, there was a drought and there was no rain.
00:33Now, the kernels are small.
00:34It's not enough to make good grains.
00:37This is what he's buying now,
00:38which is being sold by farmers.
00:41It's faster and easier.
00:42We buy 2 pesos and 50 centavos.
00:46If their 1 hectare ranges,
00:49it ranges to 50,000 kilos.
00:53Times 2, they have more than 100,000 kilos.
00:56The benefit of corn silage,
00:58aside from being a mechanized dairy farm in the country,
01:02which can only be found here in Ilagan City,
01:04is that 300 imported breeds of cows are being raised here now.
01:09This breed is called Holsten Jersey.
01:11It's an imported breed from Australia.
01:15According to Jayox Breeding Farm,
01:18which raises these cows,
01:21the average amount of milk they can get is 14 to 15 liters per day.
01:26They can produce that within a month.
01:31In a milking parlor,
01:32the plant harvests fresh milk twice a day.
01:36They collect 1,000 liters of fresh milk per hour.
01:39From here, the milk is brought to the processing plant.
01:42This is our first process, where we store our raw milk.
01:47From there, it goes through a high-tech process.
01:51In 8 hours, it can produce 8,000 liters of milk.
01:57Before it becomes clean and nutritious milk
02:00that can be drunk at any time.
02:02But it's because of this milk
02:04that corn farmers in Ilagan are able to survive.
02:07Ilagan has a 14% contribution
02:10to the total production of corn in the country.
02:12It's equivalent to 250 metric tons of corn.
02:15That's why it's considered a corn capital.
02:18But for this El Nino,
02:19their corn has dried up.
02:21All day new,
02:23we really need water.
02:25But the solution is not enough.
02:28The corn that has dried up,
02:30we harvested it when it was not yet ripe.
02:33It was only 70 to 85 days old.
02:38We cut it and made silage.
02:42Then we organized our cattle raisers here.
02:46That's what helped to make the silage.
02:49This system became the way for the LGU
02:52to support the poor corn industry in Ilagan City.
02:56That's the forward integration.
02:58All the process, not just the ordinary corn that comes out,
03:00but you process it,
03:02and then it will go through different investments.
03:06So we are creating employment.
03:103 million metric tons of milk is consumed annually in the Philippines.
03:1499% of it is imported, that's why it's expensive.
03:17We can compete with other companies
03:22if the production cost is low.
03:26After discovering a long-term solution
03:28that will improve the lives of farmers,
03:31our country will be on the map of a competitive market.
03:35From here in Ilagan City, Isabela,
03:37Benji Durango for Pambansang TV
03:39in Bagong, Philippines.