Farmers plant palay during the wet season under the PPP’s chemical-free farming program in Iba, Zambales. THE country’s palay output likely fell by nearly 3 percent in the fourth quarter due to a ...
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said the country’s palay production could plunge by the end of the year due to the gravity of damage inflicted on plantations by El Niño and typhoons. “We can really ...
THE FARMGATE price of palay (unmilled rice) rose 29.2% to an average of P23.31 per kilogram in April, the Philippine ...
MANILA, Philippines — The country has lost over one million metric tons (MT) of palay supply so far this year after farms were devastated by extreme weather conditions that included the El Niño ...
MANILA, Philippines — The country’s palay harvest in the first quarter remained relatively flat at nearly 4.7 million metric tons (MT) as planted area shrank, mitigated by higher yield, the Philippine ...
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Wednesday that palay (unmilled rice) production will likely decline 3.24% in 2024, due to crop losses from tropical cyclones. “With a forecast loss of ...
Rice farming is central to Philippine food security. In recent months , farmers had experienced excessively low farmgate palay prices at ₱10–₱12 per kilogram , far below production costs of P18 to P20 ...
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday expressed support for the call for a floor price for palay or unmilled rice, citing the prevailing low prices that are not enough for farmers to pay for ...
CALAPAN CITY, Oriental Mindoro (PIA) — A technology developed by a Mindoreño and backed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) MIMAROPA is now contributing to the country’s rice production ...
THE MUNICIPALITY OF GUIMBA HAS 15,000 HECTARES DEDICATED TO RICE PRODUCTION, THE LARGEST LAND AREA FOR RICE IN THE COUNTRY. THE AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT CLAIMS 99% OF FIELDS IN GUIMBA ARE IRRIGATED.
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Triple threat

OUR agricultural sector faces a triple threat: two are man-made and the other is a natural phenomenon. For the former, I ...
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PH Q1 palay output down 6.3% to 4.4M MT

MANILA, Philippines – Local palay production dropped 6.3 percent in the January to March period to 4.4 million metric tons ...