LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

The total livestock production in Negros Occidental for 2024 as shown in Figure 1,

Indicates a decrease of 17.19 percent from 74,633.05 metric tons in 2023 to 61,805 metric tons in 2024. The said decrease was contributed by a notable decline in production for Swine due to the effect of Hog Cholera and ASF in the province. Carabao posted an increase of 6.66 percent, and Cattle with 4.50 percent. While, Goat exhibited a slight decrease of 1.38 percent.

In figure 2. Negros Occidental’s percent distribution of production, Swine contributed most with 44,581.63 metric tons or 72.00 percent followed by Carabao with 9,515.59 metric tons or 16.00 percent, Cattle with 5,027.09 metric tons or 8.0 percent and Goat with 2,681.46 metric tons or 4.0 percent.

POULTRY & POULTRY PRODUCTS PRODUCTION DATA

Meanwhile, poultry production in Negros Occidental for 2023 and 2024 were shown in Figure 3. Chicken posted an increase of 8.18 percent from 40,350.82 in 2023 to 43,652.35 metric tons in 2024, and Duck decreased by 2.82 percent from 733.65 to 712.97 metric tons in 2024. Poultry products or their produced include Chicken Eggs that exhibited an increase of 21.11 percent against 2023, and Duck Eggs noted to have 5.42 percent decrease.

In Figure 4 and 5, Iloilo contributed most of the regional production for chicken and duck with 42 percent and 56 percent respectively and Negros Occidental ranked 2^nd for this commodities production at 31 percent and 27 percent respectively.

LIVESTOCK INVENTORY

Swine Inventory for 2025 decline by 8.10 percent against January 1, 2024 this is due to the effect of Hog Cholera and ASF in Negros Occidental, Goat and Carabao also exhibited a decrease of 1.0 percent and 1.93 percent respectively and cattle shows improvement in stocks as of January 1, 2025 with 2.60 percent increase against January 1, 2024. (See Figure 6)

POULTRY INVENTORY

Chicken inventory as of January 1, 2025 decreased by 20.62 percent from 7,524,520 birds in 2024 to 5,972,653 birds in 2025, and Duck also posted at 4.55 percent decline that is from 290,353 birds in 2024 to 277,147 birds in 2025.

TECHNICAL NOTES

Production data of livestock and poultry were generated based on the result of the Commercial Livestock and Poultry Survey (CLPS) and the Backyard Livestock and Poultry Survey (BLPS), These surveys will be conducted quarterly and the commodity covered were Carabao, Cattle, Swine, Goat Chicken, Duck and other animals tended/raised by the household and establishments.

Both surveys are important as the data generated will aid policy makers in generating sound policy decision on the improvement of backyard and commercial farms for the welfare of the farmers and operators. Moreover, the survey will determine/measure the performance of the livestock and poultry industry and the agriculture sector, as a whole. 

LIVESTOCK – Refers to farm animals kept or raised for consumption, work or leisure. For the    purpose of this report, livestock include hog, carabao, cattle and goat that are tended and raised by an operator.

POULTRY – Is a collective term for all domesticated avian for the purpose of food consumption or, the carcass of such avian was dressed/processed for human consumption.

PRODUCTION – Refers to the volume of indigenous(locally raised) animals disposed for slaughter plus animal exported or shipped out for slaughter both in the liveweight equivalent.

Backyard Farm/Raiser- refers to any farm or household raising at least one head of animal or bird and does not qualify as a commercial farm

Establishment – an economic unit which engages under a single ownership or control, i.e., under a single legal entity; in one or predominantly one kind of economic activity at a single fixed physical location.

Animal Inventory (also, Animal Population) -is the number of domesticated animals in head present in the farm at specific reference date. 

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SGD JOHN F. CAMPOMANES

Chief Statistical Specialist

PSO-Negros Occidental