The Philippines and China will both keep their statuses as the world’s top rice importers, data from the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) showed. In its latest report on global rice production, USDA adjusted its trade forecast for the Philippines and...
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...
The government’s failure to stop smuggled pork imports has put the country at more risk of contracting new variants of African Swine Fever (ASF) that began to cause further damage in China, the world’s largest pork-producing country....
The United States (US) is funding two separate agriculture projects in the Philippines with combined investment of P1.6 billion. In a letter to Philippine Agriculture Secretary William Dar, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack said his agency is committed to making...
The Philippines and the United States (US) will continue to work together amid the pandemic in building new markets for their respective farmers via climate-smart production systems, the Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA) said. (DA Secretary William Dar/ File photo/ Photo courtesy of DA)...
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 Philippines, one of the top pork importers in the world, is seen doubling its pork imports to 350,000 metric tons (MT) this year amid the Duterte Administration’s decision to temporarily cut the tariff rates for the commodity. This is based on the latest report released by the US...
Even if a group of farmers in the Philippines said it may take a while for them to recover from Quinta, Rolly, and Ulysses, a foreign agency is convinced that these typhoons that struck the country last month will not have a significant impact on next year’s production. “The recent...
Celebrate good tidings with Outback Steakhouse’s 6 oz U.S. Beef Sirloin Seared Cut, with farm-raised and grass-fed beef exported from U.S. Meats Among the many things that 2020 has shed light on, the desire to come together and bond over great food has become even more apparent for people,...
While the outlook for the Philippines' sugar production for the current crop year is positive, it still wouldn't be enough to satisfy the projected demand in the country, data from the US Development Authority (USDA) showed. USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) here in Manila (Post)...
Rich Filipinos were eating way less beef during the pandemic, resulting in significantly lower production nationwide, as the prolonged lockdowns forced restaurant to temporarily shutdown operations. Photo credit: ( Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg file) The latest Global Agricultural...
While the decline in the country’s pork production is already a given amid the persistence of African Swine Fever (ASF), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a surprising outlook on the Philippines’ chicken production, which it said might go down despite the assurance of the...
