AGRI STUDENT ORG DONATES 3 PIGLETS, 1 SACK FEEDS TO CAF AHEAD OF ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (ED)Marking its 30th anniversary this year, the Agriculture Students Organization (ASO) has turned over its donation, which includes three native piglets and one sack of commercial feeds, to the College of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF), this morning, April 4, 2025. CAF Dean Dr. Michael Owen P. Malijan, who founded the student organization on July 28, 1995, expressed his gratitude and emphasized how the piglets would be an invaluable resource for student learning. “These will be used by the students for instructional purposes, such as demonstrating castration, injection of biologics, vitamin supplementation, deworming, and other related activities,” ASO President Edmund Reyes expressed in his letter dated March 12, 2025, addressed to University Officer-in-Charge Dr. Roberto B. Barba, Jr., seeking approval for the donation. In addition to supporting instruction, the donation, according to ASO, is intended to kick-start the native pig production under the CAF Livestock project and could eventually become part of the college’s Income Generating Project. The total value of the donation is 11,800 pesos, with the three piglets valued at 9,000 pesos and the 50-kilo sack of commercial feeds priced at 2,800 pesos. The turnover ceremony was led by ASO’s newly-elected president, Romel Evangelista, and officers, along with ASO adviser, Jhomann U. Socito, and was received by Dr. Malijan, who was joined by University Veterinarian Dr. John Joseph Camu, CAF Farm Foreman Renato Lopez, and Supply Unit Head Erlyn Tuno.
