Total inventory of Livestock and Poultry increased by around four percent during the first semester of 2022

The total inventory of Livestock and Poultry in Palawan as of July 1, 2022 totaled 3,094,202 heads. This was 124,304 heads or 4.19 percent higher compared to 2,969,898 heads recorded in the first semester of 2021.

The livestock population increased to 463,979 heads or 2.89 percent during the first semester of 2022 compared to 450,933 heads during the same period in 2021. The Swine inventory posted the highest growth at 279,253 heads or 13.48 percent higher than the last year’s output of 279,253 heads. This is followed by carabao with 41,896 heads or 3.73 percent growth compared to last year’s result of 40,391 heads. On the other hand, cattle and goats both showed negative growth posted at -2.29 percent and -28.79 percent, respectively.

Meanwhile, poultry inventory grew by 4.42 percent caused by a remarkable increase in the inventory of broiler and layer posted at 1,919.56 percent and 110.46 percent respectively. The growth in stocks was due to the new sample design in the Re- Designed Backyard Livestock and PoultrySurvey which captured operatorsof broiler and layer farms at the household level during the second quarter of 2022. In the poultry sector, only native chickens posted a negative output of -5.10 percent or a decrease of 115,766 birds compared to the same period last year.

Distribution of Livestock and Poultry Inventoryin Palawan

^{Swine contributed sixty eight percent share in the total inventory of livestock sector in the province}

The livestock inventory in Palawan is significantly consisted of swine accounting for 68.0 percentshare. This is followed by goats with 14.0 percent,while cattle and carabao both ranked third at 9.0 percent share each to the total livestock population in the province.

Native Chicken dominated the inventory in poultry sector

Native chicken dominated the fowl inventory of the poultry sector in the province accounting for 82.0 percent of the total inventory. Layer, Duck and Broiler shared 8.0 percent, 6.0 percent, and 4.0 percent, respectively to the whole poultry industry, (Figure 2).

Livestock Slaughtered in Slaughterhouses increased by around seventeen percent

The livestock slaughtered in slaughterhouses in Palawan for the first semester of 2022 totaled 65,156 heads. This was 9,606 heads or 17.29 percent higher than the first semester of 2021. Of the total increase in the number of heads slaughtered, only carabao posted a decrease of 132 heads or 68.04 percent lower than the last year’s result, (Table 2).

Poultry Dressed in Dressing Plants increased by nearly twenty-five percent

In Palawan, the chicken (broiler) dressed in Poultry Dressing Plants totaled 534,763 birds during the period under review. This was 106,523 birds or 24.87 percent higher than what was registered in the same period last year (Table 2). The increase was due to higher stocking rate of broiler farm attributed to anticipation of higher demand brought by re-opening of hotels, restaurants, and other institution in the province.

For further information, please contact the PSA-Palawan Statistical Unit with telephone number (048) 434-2092 and email address palawan@psa.gov.ph.

• Commercial Poultry Farm/Operator- refers to any poultry operator or farm which operation satisfies at least one of the following conditions: a) 500 layers or 1,000 broilers b) 100 layers and 100 broilers if raised in combination c) 100 head of duck regardless of age.

• Dressing – the progressive separation on the dressing floor of food animal into carcass, offal and inedible by- products.

• Slaughter – refers to butchering of animal for the purpose of human consumption.

• Slaughterhouse/Dressing Plant – the premises that are approved and registered by a controlling authority in which food animals/birds are slaughtered and dressed for human consumption.