The Department of Agriculture's (DA) National Tobacco Administration (NTA), which currently operates a state-owned meat processing facility in Ilocos Sur, will set aside P10 million to augment the facility's operations. This, according to DA, is hoped to help stabilize the supply and price of pork...
Amid low farm-gate prices, farmers are also suffering from the rising retail cost of farm commodities, a farmer-leader said. In a virtual briefing on Wednesday, Joseph Canlas, Alyansa ng mga Magbubukid sa Gitnang Luzon, said farmers don't benefit from the rising retail cost of some food...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it is strengthening its laboratory network system in its continuing fight against infectious animal diseases. "We are adopting an integrated 'OneDA' laboratory masterplan that incorporates international bio-risk management standards and best practices on...
The Philippine government is planning to triple the minimum access volume (MAV) allocation for pork in a bid to address the shortfall in the commodity, which is caused by the highly fatal animal disease that is the African Swine Fever (ASF). Agriculture Secretary William Dar said during Laging...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has ordered another re-shuffle of officials at the Department of Agriculture (DA), a move hoped to help agency achieve 2.5 percent growth for the farm sector. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo credit: https://www.da.gov.ph/) “We have survived the...
Agriculture Secretary William Dar has joined the call to further open up the Philippine economy despite the COVID-19 pandemic persistence. This, according to him, could address the country’s food sufficiency level to address hunger amid the pandemic. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA...
Coconut farmers are coming up with a position paper that will formally ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund or the Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion Coco Levy Fund. (MB FILE, Keith Bacongco) Pambansang Kaisahan ng...
Some of the country's agri-fishery commodities, such as rice, pork, fish, and chicken, were sold in select markets in Metro Manila higher than their suggested retail price (SRP) almost throughout the holidays. Based on the latest price monitoring report of the Department of Agriculture (DA), SRPs...
After three strong typhoons, the Philippines’ palay production for this year will no longer reach 20 million metric tons (MT) like what the Department of Agriculture (DA) was originally aiming for. For the last quarter of 2020, rice production is expected to reach 7.42 million MT, bringing this...
The agriculture sector may be severely battered by Typhoon Quinta and Super Typhoon Rolly, but the country is still seen to end the year with higher palay output of 20 million metric tons (MT). "We hope and pray that in the remaining eight weeks of the year, we will be spared from strong...
A year and three months into his position, Agriculture Secretary William Dar has finally decided to shake things up at the Department of Agriculture (DA) with a major reshuffle followed by a series of appointments. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo credit: https://www.da.gov.ph/) For some of...
With only about two months left in 2020, the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) is still targeting to end 2020 with slightly higher amount of loans lent to the agriculture sector. In a statement, LANDBANK expects to further expand its agricultural loan portfolio to P245 billion by the end of...
