“We hope that the DA will be as concerned about this as they are with rice retail prices.” The DA last month said it was expecting the palay harvest to exceed 20 million MT this year. In 2024, rice ...

In a report, the grains agency said it purchased 2.5 million bags (123,561 metric tons) of palay (unmilled rice) from local farmers in October from 679,024 bags (33,951.2 MT) in the same month in ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Philippines may produce a record-high volume of palay or unmilled rice this ... better application of fertilizers and lower post-harvest losses in boosting domestic ...

File photo: A resident of Barangay Burgos in Pakil, Laguna, checks on a palay farm in Estaca port, ready for harvest in the next three months, embodying hope for a fruitful yield despite ...

Agents have also developed an eye for good grains, he pointed out ... I was thinking… satellite images might not be enough because if you harvest the palay it might be empty.) Violago-Belen clarified ...

The Philippine Chamber for Agriculture and Food Inc. (Pcafi) president Danilo Fausto said that owing to the anticipated lower palay output, the farmgate price during the wet harvest season ranged ...

“We’re now hopeful we could do better than 2023,” said DA Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. The current record palay harvest hit 20.06 million MT in 2023. In 2024, palay production suffered ...

The rice stock inventory of the National Food Authority (NFA) rose by 485.1 percent in January compared to the same period ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has high hopes that the Philippines’ palay production in 2025 will surpass the record-high 20.06 million metric tons produced in 2023.