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Domestic feed millers have urged President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to open up importation of corn as a stop gap measure to augment local supply and as substitute for higher-priced feed wheat. Photo by Gaspar Uhas on Unsplash In a statement, the Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (PAFMI),

Local feedmillers are pushing for stopgap measures to raise the country’s feed corn supply a major feedstock component of poultry and livestock growers via importation.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it will resume the distribution of financial aid to rice farmers after the May 9 elections. In his message during a recent event in Nueva Ecija, Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said the DA’s rice farmers financial assistance (RFFA) program, which provides P5,000 cash…

The Department of Agriculture is optimistic about the country’s ongoing negotiations with China on the procurement of fertilizer amid rising global prices.

The Department of Agriculture has issued the implementing guidelines for the distribution of fertilizer discount vouchers for corn and cassava farmers under the National Corn Program.

The prolonged strife caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine further deepens the tumultuous disruption of global supply chains, which was first upended by the pandemic.

Eligible Filipino corn farmers and fisherfolk could get a maximum fuel discount of P3,000 under the government’s P500-million fuel subsidy program for the agriculture sector, guidelines released by the Department of Agriculture (DA) showed. The DA issued Memorandum Circular (MC) 7 that outlined the implementing guidelines on the provision of…

This collective tilling of land has helped us put food on our table. We no longer need to buy vegetables because we are now growing them in our garden. They are fresh and it is good for our health,”

Published March 11, 2021, 8:14 PM As Isabela rice farmers struggle with the twin effects of the Rice Tariffication Law and the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, an Isabela-based cooperative avoided bankruptcy and even posted higher earnings due to the direct buying of rice by local government units (LGUs). In an online consultation with farmers in Isabela Thursday, Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan recognized the efforts of Nagkakaisang Magsasaka ng Isabela Agricultural Cooperative ...