Propagating 5 New Varieties To Build Soybeans Industry

Five years after leaving the Department of Agriculture, I have not given up on my dream of propagating locally crops which we import heavily, the most import of which is Soybeans.
Soybeans, a crop which is believed to have originated from Asia but heavily developed in the U.S. and Brazil, is a very important material in the production of poultry, livestock and aqua feeds.
With a protein content of 36%, it is an indispensable commodity in the food and feed industry.
When I started growing Soybeans two years ago, I used an old variety, Manchuria White, given to me by the Dept. of Agriculture Caraga Region, then under Director Bong Oñate.
The end users, however, said the beans of the Manchuria White were too small so I had to look for new varieties which would meet their quality standards.
Today, I have identified five new varieties which I am propagating in my trial farms and by next year will be planted in wide areas.
Two of these varieties came from India, courtesy of my friends from Green & Grow Teknologies, two more from the U.S. which I acquired with the help of my Texan friend, Coby Kriegshauser and a Canadian variety given to me by another friend, Joel Quiait.
These five new varieties which show outstanding bean pod sizes will now serve as the foundations of the Philippine Soybeans Industry which I hope to help build.
As I move forward with this quest, I thank my friend, German Panghulan of Vetmate Farma Corp., for his support to this difficult and challenging task.

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