National Dairy Authority (NDA)
Created by the National Dairy Development Act of 1995 (Republic Act 7884) and mandated to ensure the accelerated development of the Philippine dairy industry
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Gatas ng bayanDairy cattle first
Dairy in the Philippines
Fresh milk from Filipino herds: dairy cattle, dairy carabao and dairy goats, the agencies behind them, where the milk comes from, and how REALM helps you buy, sell and grow.
Philippine Carabao Center national headquarters and gene pool, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (Luzon). Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Why dairy matters
Milk for families, income every day.
Dairy animals are milked every day while they are in milk, so a small herd can bring steady income to a farm family, not only at harvest or when stock is sold. Milk is also food at home, and local milk means less reliance on imports.
That is written into law. The Philippine Carabao Act asks the Philippine Carabao Center to encourage backyard dairy development in rural areas by raising carabaos so as to meet the nutritional needs of the smallholder farmers and their families and reduce dependence on imported milk by-products
(Republic Act 7307, Sec. 5).
- 153.73kdairy animals (cattle, carabao and goats), 31 December 2024Source: PSA, Livestock and Poultry Quarterly Bulletin Q4 2024
- 23.4%of those dairy animals were dairy cattle (dairy carabao 53.9%, dairy goats 22.7%)Source: PSA, Q4 2024
- 32.98k tof milk produced in 2024 (thousand metric tons, preliminary; up 13.3% on 2023)Source: PSA, Livestock and Poultry Statistics 2024
Government programs
Who runs dairy development
The NDA and PCC are agencies of the Department of Agriculture. Contact them about their dairy programs in your area.
Philippine Carabao Center (PCC)
Created by the Philippine Carabao Act of 1992 (Republic Act 7307) to conserve, propagate and promote the carabao as a source of draft power, meat, milk and hide. Its national headquarters and gene pool are in the Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, with regional centers across the country.
Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)
Publishes dairy production, inventory and farmgate prices every quarter, using NDA and PCC records and its livestock surveys. The figures on this page come from the PSA.
Dairy regions
Where the milk comes from
Dairy is farmed in every island group. For the whole of 2024, CALABARZON, Central Luzon and Northern Mindanao together produced 58.0% of the country’s milk (PSA). The top five regions for October to December 2024, in thousand metric tons of milk:
- CALABARZON2.12top producer, 25.2% of the quarter
- Northern Mindanao1.74
- Western Visayas1.26
- Central Luzon1.02
- Central Visayas0.69
Together 81.3% of that quarter’s milk. Source: PSA Livestock and Poultry Quarterly Bulletin, Q4 2024. Figures checked 14 October 2026.
How REALM helps
Buy, sell and grow your dairy herd
- Buy dairy cattleBrowse dairy cattle listed on the REALM Marketplace.
- List your dairy cattleSell heifers, cows and bulls to buyers across the REALM network. One-time listing fee.
- Dairy equipmentFeeding gear, water tanks and troughs, pumps, sheds and more under Equipment & Tools.
- Dairy farmsLand and dairy farms for sale or lease.
- REALM NewsletterDairy and livestock news, markets and auctions in your inbox.
- Dairy dealersSell dairy stock, feed or equipment? Apply to the REALM Virtual Dealership.
Free tools for dairy farms: Calving due date · Calving & weaning % · Feed cost · Stock water
Banner photo: Philippine Carabao Center national headquarters and gene pool, Science City of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija (Luzon). Photo: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (resized). Both photos show water buffaloes and dairy equipment at the Philippine Carabao Center; they are not REALM listings.