Ranchers and livestock raisers from Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, India, Middle East and other countries may multiply their stocks of cattle, sheep, goats, buffaloes, antelopes, and deer, and even add horses and donkeys (for sale to resorts) thru feedlot-style contract breeding and grow-out with Philippine mega co-ops that operate agro-forests. Restaurateurs from Coastal China, Japan, Singapore, Korea, Taiwan and other countries may also engage in Philippine mega co-ops' organic style contract growing of pigs, range chicken, ducks, turkey, ostrich and quail. Target: supply portions of the 2.5 billion Chinese, Indian and Pacific Rim markets with refrigerated meat cuts, jerkies (semi-dried, flavored meat cuts) and barbecues, smoked duck, shawarma cuts, boiled quail eggs (for soups), sausages, milk, cheese, yogurt and food factory ingredients. Organic meats with special qualities and flavors (contractors' secrets) are highly desired even at premium prices in 1st World countries, so both mega co-ops and foreign contractors should earn good income out of the contract-growing schemes.
The Philippines is an ideal place for livestock breeding and grow-out because of its year-round sun and fertile soils which enable livestock forages to grow thickly and perennially. Contract raising terms may be as follows: the foreign livestock raisers supply initial stocks in hundreds of heads from such sources as Australia, New Zealand, India, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Russia, etc. The mega co-ops guard, feed, care for and breed the livestock, getting half of offspring in return. Consultants from the country's Bureau of Animal Industry, agricultural colleges and commercial livestock raisers have the world-class technologies for disease prevention, organic feeding and other necessities for profitable livestock care.
To maximize land use, the mega co-op may plant protein-rich pod-bearing tree forages within its 50-100 hectare reforested patches, plus grasses, legumes and ground forages between the said patches. The agroforest's large areas of sweet sorghum plantations between forest patches (strip style for endless harvests) should be able to feed thousands of ruminants and provide grains for feed pellet production (for export) while providing feedstock to co-op clusters' juicing mills and ethanol distilleries. Workers armed with tree and bush trimmers, grass cutters, hand tractors with trailers and other tools haul fresh forages to the feedlots located under forest canopies for feeding to ruminant livestock, and to the pelleting facility. More workers handle corn, grains and azolla production to provide additional ingredients to the co-op's organic feeds pelleting plant.
Such feedlot style ranching system is a great advantage to the mega co-op because it maximizes land use (feedlots are located under forest trees), prevents wasteful gazing of grasslands, prevents the spread of rainy season diseases incident to wet field grasses, reduces costs thru prevention of herding and guarding activities over wide grassland areas, enables personalized breeding and care, and employs large numbers of Elementary-level poor in regular jobs. The pelleting plants for their part should export most of their production to cold-country livestock raisers.
1st World Aid agencies and Climate Change Funds may help finance the contractors' stock purchases and shipping expenses thru long term loans at low interest. The special terms are intended to help absorb atmospheric CO2 thru planting of million-hectare forage trees, grasses and bushes. Methane exuded by the animals may be sequestered from source by adding seaweeds to feed mixes, per Australian research results. Mega co-op agro-forests that are maintained by endless profits from contract livestock-raising should be expected to exist forever, for humans will always want meats. Copycats of the scheme throughout the tropics will help ensure prevention of runaway global warming which endangers all earthly lives to planet-wide extinction.
The Philippines is an ideal place for livestock breeding and grow-out because of its year-round sun and fertile soils which enable livestock forages to grow thickly and perennially. Contract raising terms may be as follows: the foreign livestock raisers supply initial stocks in hundreds of heads from such sources as Australia, New Zealand, India, Middle East, Africa, Europe, Russia, etc. The mega co-ops guard, feed, care for and breed the livestock, getting half of offspring in return. Consultants from the country's Bureau of Animal Industry, agricultural colleges and commercial livestock raisers have the world-class technologies for disease prevention, organic feeding and other necessities for profitable livestock care.
To maximize land use, the mega co-op may plant protein-rich pod-bearing tree forages within its 50-100 hectare reforested patches, plus grasses, legumes and ground forages between the said patches. The agroforest's large areas of sweet sorghum plantations between forest patches (strip style for endless harvests) should be able to feed thousands of ruminants and provide grains for feed pellet production (for export) while providing feedstock to co-op clusters' juicing mills and ethanol distilleries. Workers armed with tree and bush trimmers, grass cutters, hand tractors with trailers and other tools haul fresh forages to the feedlots located under forest canopies for feeding to ruminant livestock, and to the pelleting facility. More workers handle corn, grains and azolla production to provide additional ingredients to the co-op's organic feeds pelleting plant.
Such feedlot style ranching system is a great advantage to the mega co-op because it maximizes land use (feedlots are located under forest trees), prevents wasteful gazing of grasslands, prevents the spread of rainy season diseases incident to wet field grasses, reduces costs thru prevention of herding and guarding activities over wide grassland areas, enables personalized breeding and care, and employs large numbers of Elementary-level poor in regular jobs. The pelleting plants for their part should export most of their production to cold-country livestock raisers.
1st World Aid agencies and Climate Change Funds may help finance the contractors' stock purchases and shipping expenses thru long term loans at low interest. The special terms are intended to help absorb atmospheric CO2 thru planting of million-hectare forage trees, grasses and bushes. Methane exuded by the animals may be sequestered from source by adding seaweeds to feed mixes, per Australian research results. Mega co-op agro-forests that are maintained by endless profits from contract livestock-raising should be expected to exist forever, for humans will always want meats. Copycats of the scheme throughout the tropics will help ensure prevention of runaway global warming which endangers all earthly lives to planet-wide extinction.
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