Five Binalonan corn farmers were awarded Certificates for Good Agricultural Practices during the National Quality Corn Achievers Awards in Koronadal City, South Cotabato.
Felix Baybayan Jr., Ludovico Antonio, Benjamin Tomboc, from Barangay Camangaan, Loreto Aradanas from Barangay Moreno, and Paquito Labador from Barangay Dumayat were honored during a ceremony attended by corn farmers and municipal, provincial, regional and national officials of the Department of Agriculture. .
All the five farmer awardees were nominated by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Office of Binalonan headed by Municipal Agriculturist Ricardo Tabuac and his staff.
DA officials from the local, regional and national offices made the evaluation of the nominees based on their good practices on the handling and use of farm machineries, proper use of fertilizer and insecticides, farm and domestic waste management, and others related to farming.