Agriculture

Retain current MAV guidelines for pork, gov’t urged

A major importers group has asked the government to continue allowing the entry of imported…

Global rice prices drop to lowest since April 2017 

Global rice prices have dropped to their lowest since April 2017 as countries sought to…

Bukidnon remains No. 1 PH agri producer

Bukidnon, known as the Food Basket of Mindanao, has retained its place as the powerhouse…

Add action to anger for agriculture

Farmers, fisherfolk and agriculture stakeholders are angry. They are not stopping there and are taking…

BIZ BUZZ: Wanted: Agriculturists

The Philippines is scrambling to recruit more technical personnel to boost farm productivity and improve…

BIZ BUZZ: DA underlings told to ‘stay clean’

As Christmas draws near, Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has a marching order to…

Fish prices surging as successive typhoons curb supply

Retail prices of round scad (galunggong) are expected to remain high as recent storms depleted…

PH bans pork imports from Spain 

The Philippines has banned pork imports from Spain, the country’s second largest source of pork,…

DA expects slowdown in prices of premium homegrown rice    

The massive distribution of a locally developed rice variety is expected to lower retail prices…

Japanese tech sweetens Philippine sugar yield

Sugar plantations in the Philippines recorded a 20.8-percent increase in yield after adopting Japan’s modern…