Today, March 10, 2022, marks another milestone in the industry of Darag Chicken as the first Darag Chicken hub dubbed as 'Abing's Darag Chicken Trading', the first ever of its kind in the Philippines, is launched.

Abing's Darag Chicken Trading owner, Mrs. Mae Gerbacia (current President of PADABA), named the hub after Dr. Bernabe Cocjin's nickname 'Abing.'

Dr. Cocjin, the Darag 'guru' and a former President of WVSU (West Visayas State University), purified the Darag stock by inbreeding them for eight generations through the support of PCARRD (Philippine Council for Agriculture, Forestry, and Resources Research and Development).

Abing's Darag Chicken Trading is located at the WVSU Cooperative Complex, Corner E Lopez - Mission Road, La Paz, Iloilo City. The hub completes the value chain of Darag production and marketing. They welcomes Darag raisers and business-minded Ilongos for buying and selling transactions. They serve palatable Darag menus (lechon, tinola, fried, grilled, crispy, linabugan, inasal, timuom, etc). Moreover, they also sells dressed Darag Chicken.

With the launching of Abing's Darag trading hub, the stakeholders expect that Darag production and business will be extra propelled and contribute to the region's immediate economic recovery from the pandemic.

Important guests who attended the launching spearheaded by PADABA (Panay Darag Breeders Association) include Engr. Remelyn Recoter, the Regional Executive Director of Department of Agriculture VI; Dr. Joselito Villaruz, WVSU President IV; Dr. Greta Gabinete, Vice President for Research, Innovation, and Extension; Dr. Ricky Becodo, WVSU Extension Director; Mr. Inigo D. Garingalao, Iloilo City Agriculturist; WVSU Darag Researchers and Experts (Dr. George Roxas, and Dr. Helen Genandoy); representatives from WVSU faculty and staff; of course, Dr. Abing Cocjin was also present as well as individual Darag raisers from various points of Region VI.