About

Who writes this, and how.

Baboy PH is a one-person site. No editorial team, no agency, no farm visits paid for by a feed company. Just someone with a real interest in Philippine pig farming, reading widely and publishing what holds up.

Who I am (and am not)

I write under the byline A backyard pig enthusiast. The pseudonym is for privacy, not authority — it means you should judge the content on its sources and its numbers, not on a name. If a figure on this site looks wrong, the receipts are in the article's Sources block. Open them.

What I am not: I am not a licensed veterinarian, I do not run a commercial piggery, and I am not an extension officer. Health content here is built from published references and named-vet citations, not from clinical practice. Anything that crosses into diagnosis or medication belongs with a vet — see the livestock health disclaimer.

Why pseudonymous

Two reasons. First, this site started as a research notebook I kept for myself; tying my full name to every peso figure felt like a strong claim I am not ready to make. Second, ASF zoning and culling debates in the Philippines get heated — going by a byline lets the work be argued with on its merits.

Pseudonymity is not anonymity from accountability. The hosting is real, the sources are real, the disclaimers below are real. If you find a factual error, write in and I will fix it and credit you.

How I research

Every article starts the same way: a question I actually want answered. "How much does a pig farm really cost an OFW investor?" "Why do backyard FCRs look nothing like the textbook 2.5?" "What does ASF zoning mean for a Cebu raiser in 2026?" If the answer is not at least partly in Philippine sources, I do not write it.

The sources I lean on

  • DA (Department of Agriculture) administrative orders and price monitoring.
  • BAI (Bureau of Animal Industry) ASF situation reports, vaccination guidelines, accreditation lists.
  • PSA (Philippine Statistics Authority) livestock inventory and farmgate price series.
  • PCAARRD and PhilRice for breed performance, feed alternatives, and biogas research.
  • PCIC for crop and livestock insurance program details.
  • ATI training materials and provincial extension publications.
  • Veterinary references — Merck Veterinary Manual, pig333, peer-reviewed papers on tropical swine production. Named when used.
  • Raisers in Visayas and Mindanao I have talked to over the years. Their numbers come into the articles as ranges ("most raisers I have talked to are at..."), not as case studies.

How a typical post is built

  1. Pick one question a farmer might Google. Reject it if it is already well-answered elsewhere in Filipino sources.
  2. Pull the peso figures, ADG/FCR ranges, and policy citations from the sources above — prices from 2025-2026 reports, never from training data or memory.
  3. Write the draft. Bold the assumptions. Anything that cannot be sourced gets cut or gets a "range varies, here is why" caveat.
  4. Add a BisayaNote summarising the key numbers in Cebuano so the article actually reaches Visayan readers.
  5. Cross-link to the relevant calculator, breed page, or earlier article. The site is meant to be walked through, not bounced off.

What I avoid

  • Made-up case studies. No "Mang Juan in Bohol earned X pesos" unless that came from a published interview or report I can cite.
  • Textbook European performance data without a reality gap. A 2.5 FCR works in a climate-controlled Dutch barn. In a Visayan backyard it is closer to 3.5-4. I say so.
  • Stale prices. Hog farmgate, feed, and Manila Water rates move monthly. Old figures get an "as of [date]" tag or get rewritten.
  • Medical advice. Dosages are referenced from labels and vet manuals; treatment plans belong with a vet you have actually talked to.
  • Affiliate-driven recommendations. If an article mentions Shopee or Lazada prices for nipple drinkers or weighing scales, the price is a market reference, not a paid placement. See the privacy policy for how affiliate links are handled.

Corrections & feedback

Found a wrong number, a dead link, or a vet protocol that is out of date? Send a note to hello@baboyph.com with the article URL and the source you would use instead. Real corrections get fixed within a few days and the change date is updated on the post.

For data-privacy or DPA-related requests, see the privacy policy. It has the formal channel and a 15-day response commitment.

Disclaimers

Start with the dashboard for the live picture of the industry, or jump into the free tools if you want to run your own numbers. The articles go deep on specific questions.