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• Ranching or Extensive System:

  • Type of Grazing: Rotational grazing
  • Type of Grazing: Continuous grazing
• Cow-calf Operation:

  • Production of calves until weaning (stockers/feeders)
  • Characteristics:

  1. Uses grades or Philippine cows & purebred bulls

  2. Sells calves at weaning (as stockers, as feeders or fat slaughter, or as heifers for breeding purposes)

  3. Uses native pastures & minimal concentrates

  4. Integrated with orchard or coconuts
• Purebred/Stud Farm or Breeder Farm Operation:

  • To produce breeder stocks for sale
  • Uses purebred cows and bulls
• Feedlot Fattening Operation:

  • Characteristics:
  • Returns depend on buying and selling prices, & WG
  • Fast turnover of capital; feeding for 120-180 days
  • Uses high-energy feeds for a better finish (fat cover)
  • Requires an area of 1.5-2m², with a 5m² loafing area
  • Popular in areas with a large number of feeds
  • Integrated with pineapple & sugarcane enterprises
• Backyard/Semi-Subsistence/Small-Holder Operation:

  • Characteristics:
  • 1-2 heads of fattener or breeder
  • Tethering, with supplemental farm wastes
  • Soiling with ipil-ipil & rice/corn bran or copra meal at 1-2 kg/head, by force-feeding (“supak”)
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