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Saturday, July 15, 2006
25 Misamis Oriental mayors off to US for dairy program
By Lizanilla J. Amarga
SOME 25 mayors from the Province of Misamis Oriental are planning on leaving the country with second district of Misamis Oriental Representative Augusto Baculio Jr. again for the establishment of their own dairy program.
The group will this time travel to Wisconsin, United States and other areas in coordination with the United States-Department of Agriculture.
"We are being invited by the United States Government to visit them there so that we can observe their dairy program there," Baculio told reporters who gathered recently at the Radio Mindanao Network (RMN) for a mini-press conference.
Reports revealed that the mayors are now gearing up for the trip slated for on or before October this year. Their passports and other documents have already been submitted for compliance with US laws.
Earlier, Baculio and almost all the mayors went to Bangkok, Thailand to look into their dairy programs in the area and how they could possibly apply some technologies there in their own locality.
Meanwhile, Baculio said some 150 imported dairy cows and 30 imported bulls will be arriving for this dairy program.
He nevertheless said these cows and bulls will first be properly quarantined with the assistance of the National Dairy Authority.
"Each of these cows are capably of giving milk at 40 liters per day," he said.
Also, Baculio said some 200 cows will also be bought out of his Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF).
He said this as the mayors have already signified their support for the putting up of "model dairy farms" in their respective municipality.
"The mayors are now preparing for the putting up of their model dairy farms they will be taken cared of," he said.
With these model farms in place and these 40-liters-per-day dairy cows, Baculio hopes to make Misamis Oriental one of the National Dairy Capitals of the country.
He said not only will these towns have a livelihood that will translate to hundreds of jobs and propel the growth of local municipal economies but also a local source of milk that would have been expensive if bought and imported outside the country.
"We will also have our own nutrition programs in line with this dairy program," he said.
(July 15, 2006 issue)
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