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Classification | Definition 1 |
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Smallhold Farm | Tending: • 20 heads of sows and below; or |
Semi-commercial Farm | Tending 21 – 50 heads of sow |
Commercial Farm | Tending 51 and above heads of sow |
Upon dissemination of the said PSA Board Resolution, the National Advisory Committee for Animal Disease Control and Emergency proposed for an amendment in the definitions of swine to harmonize it with those being used by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC), and Bureau of Animal Industry as stipulated in the following documents:
a. HUDCC Resolution No. 674, Series of 2000 entitled, “Approving the Amendments to the Implementing Rules and Regulations Governing the Processing of Applications for Locational Clearance of Poultry and Piggery”; and
b. Environmental Management Bureau Memorandum Circular No. 005,
The revised definitions were presented to the Technical Working Group on Livestock and Poultry Statistics, Interagency Committee on Agriculture and Fishery Statistics, and to the private sector as represented by the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. and Pork Producers Federation of the Philippines for approval and endorsement to the PSA Board.
The proposed definitions by farm classification of swine were approved for adoption by the PSA Board. The revised definitions are as follows:
Classification | Definition 2 |
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Smallhold Farm | 1 to 10 sow level or 1 to 100 heads |
Semi-commercial Farm | 11 to 50 sow level or 101 to 500 heads |
Commercial Farm | 51 sow level and above or 501 heads and above |
The PSA will release the retabulated swine inventory from
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- Economic Sector Statistics Service, Sectoral Statistics Office
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1 Based on PSA Board Resolution
2 Based on PSA Board Resolution