8 guides on genetics for Philippine pig farmers.
A backyard sow lasts five or six parities, so a 5-sow herd needs about two replacement gilts every year. The cheapest-looking source, your own boar's daughter, is the most expensive: 25% inbreeding costs 0.6 to 1.0 piglets a litter and 7.5 kg at 160 days, roughly ₱17,600 to ₱24,300 a year. That is a bought gilt's price, annually.
Oct 24, 2026
Keeping a boar costs ₱42,000+ a year at July 2026 feed prices. AI costs ₱400-1,000 per sow per heat and gives you better genetics. Here's how the math works for backyard operations and how to access the LGU service.
Oct 3, 2026
Bad breeding decisions compound over years. One wrong boar can produce hundreds of slow-growing, poor-converting piglets. Here are 7 mistakes that quietly drain profit from Philippine pig farms.
Sep 13, 2026
Duroc owns lechon and wet-market liempo. Hampshire fits integrator and supermarket lean-pork contracts. For most Filipino backyard and semi-commercial raisers the answer is Duroc, and the data backs it.
May 13, 2026
Three-way cross pigs grow 10-15% faster than purebreds on the same feed, cost the same to buy, and dominate the Philippine commercial market for good reasons. Here is when purebred still makes sense, and when it doesn't.
May 13, 2026
Most Filipino commercial farms use both. The right question is not "which is better" but "which goes where in your crossbreeding program," and for pure-breeding decisions, the answer depends on your market.
May 13, 2026
Pietrain is the lean-carcass extreme. Duroc is the marbled commercial standard for Filipino tables. Both have a place, but most Philippine farms pick wrong. Here is the honest math, with the stress-gene reality.
May 13, 2026
Which pig breed is actually best for a small farm in the Visayas or Mindanao? Growth rate, feed efficiency, heat tolerance, profitability, native pig lechon economics, and Davao crossbreeding trends.
May 8, 2026
