Lauro Braganza, Author at Natural Farming Ideas

Aug282024 by Lauro BraganzaNo Comments

Chicken Feed Guide for Broilers and Layers

Poultry

Are you looking for the perfect chicken feed guide but can’t find the right one? Continue reading. One of the most common questions is how much feed I need. While many factors impact how much feed your chickens will need over the years, we have established the following guidelines based on years of experience. Although this chicken feeding schedule is designed primarily for Filipino farmers here in the Philippines, this is also applicable to chicken farmers in other countries as long as you have the feed equivalent of what we mentioned here. This chicken feed guide is divided into two parts. The first part is for broilers, and the second part is for layers. Layers and broilers consume different amounts of feed. Chicken Feed Guide for Broilers Starter Feed. After acquiring day-...

Aug282024 by Lauro BraganzaNo Comments

May Pera Sa Itlog: How this Negros Egg Farmer Earn More than P172k a Month

Agribusiness, Poultry

Rene Descalsota and his family grew up working in the sugarcane fields. When his father was awarded 2.8 hectares of land through the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in 2003, the family thought they could finally escape poverty. Still, the economic crises only worsened as they had no financial capability to plow their land. His father rented the land out of other better options to their neighbor. Rene left his hometown Silay City, Negros Occidental, in 2005 after graduating high school and started working in Batangas. In this article, we will discover how this Negros egg farmer earns more than P172k a month. From 2005 to 2020, Rene jumped from one job to another. He worked in construction, feed mills, and other back-breaking jobs until he worked on an egg farm in San Jose, B...

Aug282024 by Lauro BraganzaNo Comments

There’s Money in Honey: Successful Beekeeping in the Philippines

Livestock

In 2021 during the height of the Coronavirus pandemic, Erwin was browsing through his Facebook when a post about honey caught his attention. His sister just bought one liter of honey sold online and she said it tasted bad. She bought it for P150. When Erwin asked the Facebook poster how much was 1 liter, he was shocked to hear the price - the seller said his one-liter honey costs P1,000 plus shipping. “Is this a joke? My sister just bought 1 liter for P150 through Lazada and you are asking me to pay P1,000?”, he said. “Sir, your sister bought a fake honey. No one in his right mind who breeds honeybees would sell 1 liter even for P800 unless it is wholesale”, the seller responded. Couldn’t believe it, Erwin decided to join a couple of FB Groups discussing honey and he immediately ...

Aug282024 by Lauro BraganzaNo Comments

Ulang Farming: Huge Profit from Giant Freshwater Prawn

Aquaculture

Ulang is a species of freshwater prawn in the Philippines. Its scientific name is Macrobrachium rosenbergii, and it is also known as the “giant freshwater prawn”. It can be found in many rivers across the country. In 2013, Gabriel Paraiso, a car repair shop owner in Malvar, Batangas, and his employees were camping on the shores of Taal Lake in the town of Balete, when they noticed dead fish and lots of Acetes shrimp washed ashore. Among the washed fish and shrimps were giant freshwater prawns. Many were dead but some were still alive. Gabriel decided to keep the live ones in a drum when they returned to his shop but after a few days, the shrimp died. Curious about the giant freshwater prawn, Gabriel decided to do some research online and found out that the government is breeding...