Bayer Crop Science (BSC), a subsidiary of German multinational pharmaceutical and life sciences company Bayer AG, has released a new genetically modified corn hybrid seeds in the Philippines which can result in higher yields and income for farmers. Bayer Crop Science said that its new product,...
Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) sees importation as a band aid solution or the “the best route to take” at the moment as Severe Tropical Storm Maring destroyed a significant amount of corn output. Otherwise, consumers will have to deal with an increase in the price of animal...
Corn farmers recorded a staggering revenue loss of about P10 billion due low farm-gate prices, prompting the filing of a House Resolution seeking to junk the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) proposal to temporarily lower import tariff on the main staple. 38728 In a statement, a group of corn...
Amid lack of government support, the Philippines has been slacking in corn production. The situation has gone so bad that importation has already become a necessity. CORN Roger Navarro, president of the country’s largest group of corn producers Philippine Maize Federation (PhilMaize), said in an...
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI) has raised concern over insufficient local corn production and is urging the government and local producers to address the urgent need to ensure reliability and consistency of supply in the country. Photo by Balázs Benjamin from Pexels Corn...
The Department of Agriculture’s (DA) move to consider slashing the tariff on corn imports coming from non-ASEAN countries was lambasted by a group of farmers. In a statement, the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) said that DA’s initiative was ill-timed, considering that the peak harvest season...
About 460,000 Filipino farming families have so far gained higher after adopting genetically modified (GM) corn, a study showed. Based on a recent study entitled “Economic Assessment of GM Corn Use in the Philippines”, the total factor productivity growth of the country’s local corn output...
The ready-to-eat (RTE) arroz caldo developed by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has passed the tastebuds of the agency’s top food critic, DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña himself. DOST Secretary Fortunato de la Peña De la Peña admitted that he never had the chance to taste...
Seven years after it developed its ready-to-eat (RTE) arroz caldo, the Department of Science and Technology has announced the development of another food product that would meet the food and nutrition needs of the country’s most vulnerable sectors, including children and elderly during disasters...
Some of the hybrid corn varieties of German multinational pharmaceutical firm Bayer AG have yielded 8.3 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha) in a government-led farm competition held in Asturias, the biggest corn-production town in Cebu. A statement showed that three hybrid corn varieties of Bayer,...
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) has granted more than P723,000 worth of assistance to corn farmers in conflict-vulnerable area in Zamboanga del Norte. (Photo from DOST-IX) DOST Regional Office IX (DOST-IX) extended funding worth P723,200 to help members of the Tinuyop Rural...
The Philippines is seen producing less of its two main staples, rice and corn, this year, resulting in more importation, data from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) showed. In its latest report, USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) adjusted downward for the second time the...
