Hog raisers in Negros Occidental join pork holiday over mounting losses

BACOLOD CITY – Some 25 associations of backyard hog raisers in Negros Occidental province have joined a three-day “pork holiday” called by the Agricultural Sector Alliance of the Philippines (AGAP) to protest mounting industry losses driven by government import policies and soaring production costs. Ric Lauron, president of the Alliance of Hog Raisers Association of