(Unsplash) AGRI Party-list Rep. Wilbert “Manoy” T. Lee believes there is a need for the House of Representatives to look into the escalating impact of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the country. For this purpose, Lee filed House Resolution (HR)...
President Marcos has lamented the lack of soil analysis in the country which, he said, is crucial in aiding farmers in knowing what crops are suitable on their lands. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. presides over the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) meeting on Agriculture Recommendations at...
As the government still awaits the arrival of vaccines, checkpoints will be set up in various parts of the Luzon to contain the spread of African Swine Fever in Batangas, the Department of Agriculture announced on Wednesday, Aug. 14. DA Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said the additional...
DAVAO CITY – Gov. Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza has urged the Department of Agriculture to establish a satellite animal disease diagnostic laboratory in Cotabato province as part of measures to contain the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF). PASSENGERS step on footbaths in a quarantine checkpoint in...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is expecting the retail prices of rice to significantly go down by October as the reduction on the tariff rate of the staple food takes full effect. Through Executive...
(Unsplash) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has reiterated that it's safe to cook and consume pork from hogs that are infected by African Swine Fever (ASF) . "We have learned from 2019 ito ‘yong masyadong...
DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. (Noel Pabalate/ MANILA BULLETIN) Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. downplayed on Monday, Aug. 12 the effects of the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in eight municipalities in...
Universal Robina Corporation (URC) and the Department of Agriculture (DA) have agreed to continue a potato farming program that has significantly enhanced overall farm productivity in the Philippines. “Since its inception, this program has exemplified the power of public-private partnerships in...
In response to the escalating threats of coastal erosion and extreme weather events in Ilocos Norte, a pioneering collaboration has been established between the Department of Science and Technology's Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development...
THIS JULY 17, 2024 image released by Gull Meadow Farms shows a corn maze honoring the 75th anniversary of the Peanuts comic strip in Richland, Mich. (AP) NEW YORK (AP) — Visitors to corn mazes across the country are finding a familiar and joyous figure in the winding labyrinth of tall...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) accompanies President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. (center) at the turnover of new heavy machinery for the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) (Speaker’s Office) Speaker Martin Romualdez...
Local farm output declined in the second quarter of the year due to a prolonged dry spell caused by El Niño, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) showed. The PSA reported that the value of the country's agricultural production totaled P413.91 billion from April to June, a 3.3...
