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LIVESTOCK INSURANCE.Backyard and commercial hog raisers in Ilocos Norte are encouraged to insure their pigs with the PCIC. For premium payment of PHP225, the PCIC provides PHP10,000 insurance cover per head of swine. (PNA file photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY-Hog raisers in the province of Ilocos Norte are urged to secure insurance packages to ensure their recovery should their farms get affected by African swine fever (ASF). In a public advisory on Friday, the Ilocos Norte government said hog raisers should take advantage of the livestock insurance offered by the Department of Agricul...

Senator Cynthia Villar, chair of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, is urging the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (Philmech) to continue its mission of supporting rice farmers by providing them with farm machinery and training in order to uplift the lives by boosting their productivity, achieve…

Senator Cynthia A. Villar Senator Cynthia Villar commends the Philippine Rice Research Institute (DA-PhilRice) for the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed Program and co-implementing the RCEF-Extension Program. Senator Cynthia Villar, author of the Rice Tariffication Law, said that t

After being flagged by Commission on Audit (COA) for underutilization of funds and accounting irregularities, the Department of Agriculture (DA) is now strategizing to fully utilize its budget for this year. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtesy of Malacañang) At the same time, the D

The Commission on Audit (COA) has flagged the Department of Agriculture (DA) for billions of unspent funds and accounting "irregularities" prompting several farmers’ groups to slam the government agency led by Agriculture Secretary William Dar. Agriculture Secretary William Dar (Photo courtes