farmers

Coconut farmers receive P350-million processing plant

More than P500 million worth of facilities and other interventions were turned over to farmers…

NFA poised to boost rice stockpile

The National Food Authority (NFA) is prepared to purchase more palay (unmilled rice) from local…

Rural workers’ group pushes for palay floor price

A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price…

Insurance regulator, crop insurer bolster services

The Insurance Commission (IC) and the Philippine Crop Insurance Corp. (PCIC) are working together to…

Pangasinan gets agri trading center

The Department of Agriculture (DA) inaugurated a P60-million agricultural trading center in Pangasinan province, hoping…

PhilFida asks to double budget to help farmers

The Philippine Fiber Industry Development Authority (PhilFida) is seeking P1.259 billion for next year to…

Bounty Fresh flexes drug-free birds; Vitarich touts French hens

Bounty Fresh and Vitarich Corp. are anticipating more opportunities as both firms achieved milestones to…

Systems, not people, can minimize corruption

It is systems, rather than people discovering corruption and filing cases, that can best minimize corruption.…

Rice stocks up, but corn cache down

The country’s rice stockpile increased by 6.4 percent as of Jan. 1 from the past…

USDA freezes farmer funding for some programs

CHICAGO/WASHINGTON DC — The US Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as…