The state-run Pampanga Agricultural College (PAC) is studying the possibility of using sweet sorghum grains as a complementary raw feed material to corn grains to lower the cost of chicken feed, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Research (BAR).
It was discovered that the use of sweet sorghum grains can potentially lower feed cost to P20.49 per kilo compared to P21.86 per kilo using corn.
The difference in cost is significant given that feeds account for 50 percent of the cost of raising poultry and livestock. Also, the Philippines imports corn feed ingredients particularly feedwheat.
“Any competitiveness in cost will have an important impact in raising the standard of living especially of our small farmers,” said BAR director Nicomedes Eleazar.