PGBH FARM MACHINERIES

The farm machineries and equipment owned by the Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) stationed at Bohol Organic Agriculture and Technology (BOATech) in Gabi, Ubay, Bohol are ready to be rented at the low rate.

The Provincial Government of Bohol (PGBh) through the Office of the Provincial Agriculturist (OPA) has been
offering its farm machineries/equipment for rentals at the lower rate compared to other private entities who are also
offering the same kind of services.

According to Jazel Ann Diez from the Agricultural Engineering Division, OPA, the PGBh has the ready to rent
machineries/equipment stationed in Bohol Organic Agriculture Technology (BOATech) Center, Gabi, Ubay Bohol to
wit: 6 units of Tractor with Disc Plow (95 HP with 4 blades, 120 HP with 5 blades), 2 units of Tractor with
Rotavator (45 HP for rice field areas – lowland), 6 units of Tractor with Harrow (95 HP with 16 blades, 120 HP with
24 blades),

Transplanter Riding Type (with 6 rows transplanter picker) – 3 units, Transplanter Walking Type (with 4 rows
transplanter picker) – 3 units, and Combine Harvester (corn and rice) – 3 units.

Diez explained that the PGBh has its owned operators to operate of the equipment and the farmer clients will
provide the crude oil.

She bared that the rentals are as follows: Tractor with Rotavator (P600/hour) – crude oil (10 liters/hr.); Tractor
with Harrow (P750/hr.) – crude oil (15 ltrs./hr.); Tractor with Plow (P600/hr.) – crude oil (15 ltrs./hr.);
Rice Transplanter Walking and Riding Type (P2, 500/hectare) – 8 ltrs. gasoline (walking) and 15 ltrs. diesel
(riding); Combine Rice Harvester (P4, 500/ha.) – 30 ltrs. diesel; Combine Corn Harvester (P4, 500/ha.) – 30 liters of
diesel.

In availing the services, just call the Agricultural Engineering Division, OPA at (038) 411-0138 and 0927464
1042 for scheduling. And then, fill-up the request form which is available at the Municipal Agriculture Office
(MAO) in every municipality. The team from the Agricultural Engineering Division will conduct a validation or
survey to check if the area is ready.

If the area could pass the survey, that would be the time that the service is to be rendered and thereafter the
rentals shall be collected and the receipt shall be kept by the farmer clients.

Diez said the payments of rentals shall be collected by the collectors from the OPA and immediately be remitted
to the Provincial Treasurer’s Office (PTO).

She urged the Boholano farmer clients who are interested to avail the services offered by the provincial
government as one of the initiatives to help farmers to ease the high farming production costs. By Atoy Cosap