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USDA ARS ARS geneticist Sarah Hake and University of California, Berkeley colleague George Chuck study juvenile traits of corngrass. They have found that inserting a specific corngrass gene into switchgrass keeps it in its juvenile form. Scientists from WSU, UC, Arizona involved in ongoing effort to improve the emerging bioenergy crop switchgrass. Feb 22, 2021 Researchers from Washington State University, the University of California and the Arizona Genomics Institute ...

Mr. Robert Joseph, Jr., president of the Rotary Club of Manila (RCM); Mr. Herminio Esguerra, chairman of the program committee; the board of directors; officers, members and guests; ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. I have been invited today to talk about financial forecasts for 2021 amid the pandemic. But before I present the economic prospects over the near term, let us briefly step back and take a look at the past year. First, I will go through recent economic developments and trends. Se...

Published January 29, 2021, 5:00 PM The Department of Agriculture (DA) allocated P161 million of agriculture interventions to rice farmers in Caraga region for CY 2021. DA 13 Regional Technical Director (RTD) for Operations Rebecca R. Atega said that the bulk of intervention for this year is dedicated to the non-Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) provinces – Surigao del Norte and Province of Dinagat Islands (PDI). “Our support continues with the three provinces – Agusan del Nort...

January 28, 2021 A field technician wrestling a large switchgrass plant during fall harvest (photo credit: Jason Bonnette). A Washington State University researcher is part of a large team that announced the genome sequence for switchgrass, a major bioenergy crop. Laura Bartley, an associate professor in WSU’s Institute of Biological Chemistry, worked for 15 years on the project, which could lead to larger, easier to process switchgrass plants. “Making switchgrass cultivars more economicall...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Harvesting switchgrass in Texas under field rainout shelters for drought tolerance studies. This image complements a Nature paper announcing the release of a high-quality reference sequence of the complex... view more  Credit: David Lowry Gardeners and farmers around the country recognize that crop varieties grow best in certain regions. Most plant species have adapted to their local environments; for example, crop and ornamental seeds sold for the upper Midwest are of...

Agriculture Secretary William Dar (right) and Undersecretary for Operations Ariel Cayanan* An official of the Department of Agriculture said the

SunStar + January 08, 2021 THE Board of Investments (BOI) has formally launched the Philippine Cold Chain Industry Roadmap, which targets a 10 percent to 15 percent increase in cold storage capacity annually, or 50,000 pallets more each year, to serve increasing needs of various industries. The revenue of the country’s cold chain industry is expected to reach P20 billion by end of 2023, not including demand for storage of Covid-19 vaccines to be imported into the country in the n...

  Each qualified farmer from the 4th to 6th class local government units (LGUs) in Ilocos Sur received a total of P5,000.00-worth assistance to include P3,000.00 cash, P1,000.00 worth of rice, and P1,000.00 worth of dressed chicken and eggs.   A farmer gets the trays of eggs from the local accredited supplier for the Cash and Food Subsidy for Marginal Farmers and Fishers Program of the Department of Agriculture during the program’s launching at the Sta. Maria Sports Complex, Sta. Maria, Ilo...

Philippines: Greenhouse villages planned as part of “Plant, Plant, Plant” Program The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), has partnered with four barangays in Caloocan and Quezon cities for the establishment of “Greenhouse Village” in support to the urban agriculture initiative of the “Plant, Plant, Plant” Program. Key ATI officials signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with representatives from barangays 179 and 180 in Caloocan, and P...

Published December 22, 2020, 5:00 PM The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office No. 8 (DA-RFO 8), a report from the DA-RFO 8 has distributed the needed rice seeds and fertilizers to the farmers in Eastern Visayas for this cropping season, a report from the DA-RFO 8, based in this city said. Francisco Rosaroso DA-RFO 8 regional information officer told Manila Bulletin that DA-RFO 8 has already earmarked and distributed 34,269 bags of rice seeds and 52,950 bags of fertilizers positioned ...