The Department of Agriculture (DA) needs to re-strategize amid rising prices of major food items, the Department of Finance (DOF) said. In his latest economic bulletin, Finance Undersecretary Gil S. Beltran, said the DA should look for alternative supplies of vegetables after the successive...
Despite the persistence of COVID-19 pandemic and with impacts of recent typhoons to spill over until the first half of 2021, the agriculture sector is still expected to grow 2.5 percent next year. Likewise, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has not yet totally given up on a...
Year-Ender Agriculture Secretary William Dar (MANILA BULLETIN) The Philippines' agriculture sector has survived a volcano eruption that blanketed tons of farm yield with ashes and sustained production within three quarters into the pandemic, but it only took three typhoons to expose its...
The pork price and supply issue has gone haywire. Now, meat importers have petitioned the Committee on Tariff and Related Matters (CTRM) to reduce the most favored nation (MFN) duty on pork by at least 50 percent for the next five years in light of the high prices due to supply shortage brought...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is considering temporary suspension of the inter-island movement of live hogs as the agency investigates the skyrocketing prices of pork in the country. A draft DA administrative order has called for "temporary suspension of inter-island movement to Visayas and...
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...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet-- The Provincial Local Government Unit of Benguet through the Office of the Provincial Veterinarian (PVET) gives cash aid amounting to a total of P949,200.00 to 28 swine raisers in the province. This is to compensate the losses of swine raisers from the municipalities of Itogon...
LA TRINIDAD, Benguet - The Department of Agriculture – Cordillera has boosted its campaign to deter the spread of the African Swine Fever (ASF) in the region through intensification its partnership with local swine raisers and industry stakeholders. Dr.Karl Kigis, the regional ASF focal person in...
CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga — After reeling from massive setback from the African Swine Fever (ASF) last year, farmers and hog raisers here have now a reason to smile — thanks to the P32-M worth of livestock assistance provided by the government to jumpstart the waning hog industry in the...
KIDAPAWAN CITY – At least 324 hogs were culled after the animals showed symptoms of African Swine Fever (ASF) infection on August 16, a village official said. Rodolfo Rodriguez, chairman of Barangay Linangkob, said among those culled hogs were owned by one of their village councilors, whom they...
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union - The Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 1 has rolled the distribution of the cash assistance for the identified 1,662 African Swine Fever (ASF)-affected livestock raisers in the region. The program, which is now near completion, is part of the...
SARIAYA, Quezon – Five villages of this town were ordered placed on lockdown to contain the spread of the African swine fever (ASF), local chief executive announced, here. In a memorandum circular no. 23, series 2020 dated August 5, Mayor Marcelo Gayeta, citing the directives of Provincial...
