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15 farmers and ranchers attend piggery workshop
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Posted on Jun 17 2008
At least 15 local farmers and ranchers took advantage of the free workshop on Effective Swine Husbandry Management Practices provided by the Northern Marianas College Cooperative, Research, Extension, and Education Service yesterday.
According to CREES veterinarian Dr. Allan C. Sabaldica, the workshop was intended to help farmers and ranchers in hog production and pest management.
The workshop was divided into two topics: Effective Swine Husbandry Management Practices in the Marianas educated participants about taking care of piglets, sows, and boars in different production stages that would maximize profits to producers.
The second workshop on Integrated Pest Management was incorporated with the workshop on hog production, enabling participants to learn about mitigation methods in relation to pests in crops.
Sabaldica said the workshop had a “great turnout and the participants were very happy.”
The workshop was also in collaboration with the Western Sustainable Agricultural Research and Education Grant Opportunity.
NMC-CREES is scheduled to conduct the same workshop on Tinian on June 20 from 8am to 4pm, Room D at the NMC-Tinian Campus.
For more information on the workshops, call Sabaldica at 287-0556, Alejandro Bajilles at 287-0554, or Ross Manglona at 287-0552.
