Most of the Philippines’ farmlands have low soil fertility due to “some unsustainable agricultural practices” of farmers, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said. According to Karen Bautista, head agriculturist of the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Soil and Water Management, 82 percent...
Quezon 1st district Rep. Wilfrido Mark Enverga (left) and Marikina City 2nd district Rep. Stella Quimbo (Contributed photo) Two ranking House members who had significant participation in the onion price surge inquiry want President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to continue holding the reins as...
INFANTA, Quezon – Quezon Rep. Mark Enverga has discharged agricultural interventions worth P19 million to farmers’ associations in this town. QUEZON Rep. Mark Enverga distributes P19-million worth of agricultural interventions from the Department of Agriculture (DA) headed by President Ferdinand...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Agriculture (DA)-6 is urging local government units (LGUs) across Western Visayas region to strengthen measures against African Swine Fever (ASF). DA-6 issued the advisory as it has been receiving reports of the re-entry of processed pork products across the region....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) should review a recent memorandum order that would limit the type of fertilizer that rice farmers could use, Senator Imee Marcos on Monday, May 15, said. Signed on April 27, Memorandum Order 32 (MO 32) promotes the distribution of yet unnamed biofertilizers to...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union – Hog raisers who are members of the United Association of Pangasinan Swine Grower Inc. (UAPSG) have received a total of P77-million assistance under the Department of Agriculture's Integrated National Swine Production Initiatives for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE)...
Senator Imee Marcos revealed today, Friday, May 12, that President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. still refuses to leave his temporary post as Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary. Senator Marcos said the President still wants to stay as temporary DA secretary because “sabi niya...
Senator Risa Hontiveros on Thursday, May 11 filed a resolution to investigate the recent memorandum of the Department of Agriculture (DA) mandating the use of biofertilizers. Hontiveros said she filed Senate Resolution No. 608 into Memorandum Order No. 32 to prevent a repeat of the 2004...
The country’s agricultural output registering at P428.69 billion in the first quarter of 2023 has indicated an annual growth of 2.1 percent, the Philippine Statistics Authority bared. In the report released on Wednesday, May 10, the PSA attributed such to the annual increases in the value of...
A collaborative research on corn and onion using satellites is set to commence in 2023, the Philippine Space Agency (PhilSA) revealed on Thursday, May 11. (Unsplash) In a statement on Thursday, scientists from PhilSA said they are working with the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Agricultural...
Surigao del Sur 2nd district Rep. Johnny Pimentel (left), President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. (Facebook, Speaker's office) The calls for President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to designate a full-time Department of Agriculture (DA) secretary is beginning to snowball. Surigao del Sur 2nd...
Cavite 4th district Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said that he will call for the resignation of all Department of Agriculture (DA) officials should prices of onions once again reach P600 to P700 per kilo. Barzaga, who attended the House Committee on Agriculture and Food's hearing Wednesday, May 10 on the...
