3. G.R. No. 86889. December 4, 1990.

LUZ FARMS v. THE HONORABLE SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM

Facts:
·12 In 1988, RA 6657 was approved by the President of the Philippines. It includes the raising of
livestock, poultry, and swine in its coverage. In 1989, the Secretary of Agrarian Reform
promulgated the IRR of Secs. 11, 13, and 39 of the said law.
·13 Luz Farms, a corporation engaged in the livestock and poultry business, allegedly stands to be
adversely affected by the enforcement of certain sections of RA 6657, of the Guidelines and
Procedures Implementing Production and Profit Sharing under RA 6657, and of the IRR of Section
11. It prays that the aforesaid statutes be declared unconstitutional.
Issue:
·14 Whether or not the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law should include the raising of
livestock, poultry and swine in its coverage.
Held:
·15 No. It was never the intention of the framers of the Constitution to include the livestock and
poultry industry in the coverage of the agrarian reform program of the government. The intention
of the Committee was to limit the application of the word “agriculture”. Thus, Section II of RA
6657 which includes “private agricultural lands devoted to commercial livestock, poultry and
swine raising” in the definition of “commercial farms” is invalid, to the extent that the aforesaid
agro-industrial activities are made to be covered by the agrarian reform program of the State.