Agriculture

Milled rice imports set for new record high this year

The volume of imported rice that entered the Philippines within a year reached a new…

BIZ BUZZ: Deputy DA spokesperson

Joycel Panlilio, a lawyer who has been serving the agency for a long time, is…

Group laments artificially low sugar prices

The United Sugar Producers Federation of the Philippines (Unifed) is seeking the government’s immediate intervention…

Recent storms to increase cost of producing palay

The cost of producing palay (unmilled rice) could increase even if farm input prices remain…

Upskilling, reskilling

PLDT and its wireless arm Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) continue to drive digital skills development…

Eggs came first, bounty followed: The Chengs’ journey

What came first—the chicken or the egg? For the Cheng family, who established the popular…

Urban farming takes root as a strategy for food security

The government and the private sector as well have been looking at urban farming as…

PH agri trade deficit slightly increased in Q3–PSA

The country’s agricultural trade deficit slightly increased in the third quarter of this year amid…

Commodity councils to increase the DA’s competence

Commodity councils can increase the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) competence and should thus be fully…

Prices of agri products down 5.7 percent in Q3

Prices of agricultural commodities decreased by 5.7 percent in the third quarter of this year,…