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The possibility of the government opening up the local market to more imported sugar remains to be one of the major factors why the country’s local sugar production is seen not improving this year or in the next years to come.   This, according to international data, has remained to be “the...

The persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF) did not only affect the Philippines’ hog production. Corn production, too, is now reeling from the impact of the dreaded animal virus. In the latest Global Agricultural Information Network (GAIN) report, US Department of Agriculture's Foreign...

The Philippines may still end up importing 600,000 metric tons (MT) of corn next year despite the government’s new policies limiting the issuance of Sanitary and Phytosanitary import clearances (SPS-IC) on the staple as well as feed wheat.   In the latest Global Agricultural Information...