Piñol wants inventory of milk-producing goats, eyes P1-B loan for farmers

By PNA and Antonio L. Colina IV To improve the dairy industry in the country, incoming Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol wants an inventory of goats to check whether these are producing milk. “I will order an immediate inventory of the goats and check whether these are really producing milk or not,” he said in a statement. “If they are not, then the merchants and those responsible for the purchase of these goats will be held accountable,” he added. According to Piñol, the old dairy goats were part of the thousands brought into the country from the United States under a US government program called PL480 aimed at helping the dairy industry in the Philippines. Piñol US PL 480 refers to Public Law 480 of the United States, which is also known as the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act. This was enacted in 1954 in line with the US Policy [...]