Off-season tomato production and beef cattle fattening / Jemar Luther Salas

Project development report Bachelor of Agricultural Technology University of Rizal System Tanay 2019

Includes bibliographical references.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Off-season Tomato Production and Beef Cattle Fattening were agricultural productions under project development study colloquially entitled as JLS Mini Farm, presented and conducted by the student proponent herein pursuing the degree of Bachelor in Agricultural Technology. JLS Mini Farm project was implemented in compliance to the requirements of the Occupational Internship Program (OIP) under the curriculum of the aforementioned degree. The project served as a training venue for the OIP student where he applied his theoretical knowledge and principles on animal husbandry and crop production, honed his skills in farming and learned from the experiences throughout the productions. Both productions were conducted at Sitio San Joseph, Barangay San Jose, Antipolo, Rizal. The project site can be reached within an hour from URS Tanay Campus through land transportation. Beef cattle fattening was started last July 31, 2018 and ended on January 04, 2019, covering a period of six months. The expenses for purchasing stocks and other expenditures took place within the period of operation were financed by the student proponent's parents, Agricultural Training Institute, and Mr. Rocan Pangan. The stock was purchased from Mr. Reynaldo C. Verallo of Manga Street, Barangay Sampaloc, Tanay, Rizal. Purchased young bull was a cross of native and Brahman breeds of cattle characterized with bright eyes and good body conformation clothed with fine and smooth black coat hair. In addition, the stock is resistant to heat and sudden weather changes. The ration provided to the animal included measured quantity of forages (Napier grass and Trichantera leaves), hay (rice straw) and concentrates (molasses and pollard). During the period of fattening, the animal increased its liveweight from an initial weight of two hundred twen ty one (221.08) kilograms to two hundred ninety six (296) kilograms with a total gain of seventy five point seven (75.7) kilograms. After months of fattening, the animal was sold at thirty eight thousand nine hundred fifty five pesos (₱38,955.00) yielding an income of nine thousand one hundred sixty nine pesos and thirty one centavos (₱9,169.31) against total expenses of twenty nine thousand seven hundred eighty five pesos and sixty nine centavos (₱29,785.69) with a return on investment of 30.78%. Off-season tomato production took seven months of operation. It was started on May 11, 2018 and was terminated on December 13, 2018. The production period took place in an arable land with a total area of 1, 000 square meters. Six point twenty five grams (6.25) of first generation (F1) tomato seeds were sown from which 2425 seedlings has emerged and were hardened to fill the area. The production yielded a total of 1642.73 kilograms of tomato berries from which a total sale of fifty six thousand six hundred ninety one pesos and thirty five centavos (₱56,691.35) was obtained, with a net income of seventeen thousand nine hundred eighty eight pesos and fifty one centavos (₱17,988.51) was generated. The return on was 46.48%. All in all, JLS Mini Farm has incurred a total expenses of sixty eight thousand four hundred eighty eight and fifty three centavos (₱68,488.53), from which a total sale of ninety five thousand six hundred forty six pesos and thirty five centavos (₱95,646.35) was materialized, yielding a total income of twenty seven thousand one hundred fifty seven pesos and eighty two centavos (₱27,157.82) with a return on investment of thirty nine point sixty five percent (39.65%)