BUTUAN CITY - The Department of Agriculture in the Caraga Region (DA-13) has reported no major changes in the prices of prime agricultural commodities in this city. This is based on the monitoring of the prevailing prices of rice, pork and beef products, vegetables, and fruits. In a report sent on Saturday, the DA-13 said price monitoring was held this week at the Mayor Salvador Calo Public Market, a major market center here. "The price monitoring report covers the period of the second week of September among the major agricultural commodities in Butuan City," according to the DA-13 report. The prices of premium and well-milled imported rice remained at PHP43 and PHP44 per kilo, respectively in the last two weeks this month, as well as the prices of well-milled and regular-milled local commercial rice such as red and brown rice. Only the price of black local commercial rice has increased, from PHP50 per kilo last week to PHP60 this week. The monitoring report also noted no ch