AGRICULTURE
The Municipality of Binalbagan has an agricultural land area of 8,895.43
hectares. This comprises approximately 43.66% of its total land area.
The main crops are sugar cane, rice, corn, fruit trees, root crops and
vegetables. Sugar cane covers 3,560 hectares (40.02%) of agricultural
lands while rice is planted in 1,087.43 hectares (12.22%) of agricultural
lands. Fishponds and prawn farm occupy 284 hectares (3.19%) while swamps
occupy 90.00 hectares (0.90%). The remaining 3884.00 hectares (43.66%)
of agricultural land is allocated to other crops. TABLE 65 and GRAPH
23 show Agricultural Lands According to Use.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY
The Food Balance Sheet shows that the present supply of carabeef is 389.69 metric tons while the demand is only 79.89 metric tons and the present supply of beef is 83.35 while the demand is 79.89 metric tons. Based on this, there is a surplus in both commodities to feed the households of Binalbagan. The probable reason for the surplus is that residents of Himamaylan do their marketing at Binalbagan Public Market in the afternoons.
Despite of the law prohibiting the slaughter of young cattle, reports of this illegal practice are rampant.
FISHING
1995 data from the Municipal Agriculture Office indicated that fishponds and fishpens in the municipality occupy an area of 284.00 hectares. Fishponds alone cover an area of 2.69 hectares. These fishponds are located in the barangays of Marina, San Juan, Pagla-um, Canmoros, and Enclaro. The municipal waters of Binalbagan as defined in the Municipal Ordinance No. 1, series of 1994 covers a fifteen (15.00) kilometer radius from the shoreline of coastal barangays.
