Farmers used this in vegetable, sugarcane, fruit and other crops all over the Philippines. San Jose is known as "The Egg Basket of the Philippines" wherein there's a man who contributed patience, hardwork, special skills, and talents for its title and popularity in the country. Rolando R. Lagaya. A mechanical engineer by profession, he established his farm together with his parents in 1975 as a me
re family business wherein they started with 500 heads of layers at Brgy. Tugtug, San Jose, Batangas. As years go by, he became profitable due to his good attitudes. As part of investments, he constructed his own feed mill in 2001 for the main reason that it is more practical than buying feeds from other feed millers. Aside from his own consumption, he also sells his feeds to other farms
Engr. Lagaya is not only a businessman but also an environment-friendly man. In 2005, he utilized chicken manure as raw materials for another business. He engaged in manufacturing organic fertilizer and called it as Greenland Bio-organic Fertilizer. The plant is located at Brgy. A**s, San Jose, Batangas. Greenland Bio-organic Fertilizer is of good quality and is affordable at a low price. It has been approved by the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) after stringent testing by UP Los Banos Laboratory. Many farmers used it in vegetable, sugarcane, and fruit and in other crops all over Luzon, Vizayas, and Mindanao. To be more competitive, Engr. Lagaya applies his good strategies in marketing. He established Nadine's Marketing as store for all his finished products and other agricultural inputs such as egg trays, feeders, and the like. He conducted free seminars and gave free sample for small farmers in different regions. To date, Engr. Lagaya has contributed to the unemployment problem in the country by employing 200 workforces. Engr. Lagaya has not stopped continuing for searching modern ideas and technologies for his business growth and development.
