Edwin Mapanao News Today

A FORUM organized by the Southeast Asian Regional for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca) commemorated 20 years of the commercial planting of biotech or Bt corn in the Philippines.

LOCAL production of corn was recorded at 2.46 million metric tons (MT) from July to September this year, up by 67.42 percent from the previous quarters 1.47 million MT, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported.

LOCAL corn supply and quality issues could further increase the prices of poultry products, the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (Pafmi) said.

THE state's inter-agency council on inflation has proposed to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. the extension of the lower tariff rates on rice, pork and corn to combat the quickening increase in food prices, according to the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). The disclosure of the proposal made by the Inter-Agency Committee on Inflation and Market

Local corn farmers are urging the government to focus on supporting and stabilizing local production instead of lowering tariff rates of corn imports, which will discourage the local industry.