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HARVEST FESTIVAL.

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. joins the harvest festival at Danilo Bolos’ farm, where the farmer achieved low production costs and high yields....

Rice Supply

Workers unload sacks of rice along Dagupan Street in Tondo, Manila, on Saturday. The Department of Agriculture warns that rice production could drop by...

NFA ensures rice supply after record purchase

The Department of Agriculture assured the public that rice stocks in National Food Authority warehouses remain sufficient following record procurement in 2025, even as...

Agriculture chief says MSMEs vital to lifting farm value, rural incomes

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are becoming central to raising the value of farm and fishery...

Crisis cripples half of fishermen in Luzon; rice harvest threatened

Nearly half of marginal fishers in several Luzon provinces have stopped going out to sea as surging fuel prices sharply raise operating costs, an...

AFFORDABLE RICE.

The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 8 (DA RFO8), in collaboration with the provincial government of Leyte, holds the expanded launch of the...

8 institutions to buy onions from Mindoro

Eight institutional buyers have expressed interest in sourcing onions from Mindoro following a virtual market matching organized by the Department of Agriculture on March...

DA forms food security group, eyes trucker aid

The Department of Agriculture has created a Food Security Task Force to strengthen monitoring and response mechanisms for potential disruptions in agricultural supply, prices...

DA: Fertilizer supply stable amid Middle East crisis

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said fertilizer supply in the country remains stable despite escalating tensions in the Middle East, as the agency...

Rice Processor

Department of Agriculture (DA) Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. leads the turnover of a rice processing system worth P67.63 million to the municipal...

Farmers allowed to use portable fuel containers

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. assured farmers and fisherfolk they may continue purchasing petroleum products using portable containers following an update to distribution...

NPCC supports P50 price ceiling on imported rice

The National Price Coordinating Council (NPCC) has endorsed the Department of Agriculture’s recommendation for the President to impose a P50-per-kilogram price ceiling on imported...

Chicken in, chicken out

A vendor checks out his inventory of poultry meat at a public market in Paco, Manila. The Department of Agriculture predicts that chicken prices...

Lacson: Data gaps, excessive imports hurt local onion production

Smuggling, leakages, unchecked onion imports and weak government coordination are driving Filipino onion farmers deeper into crisis, Senate President Pro Tempore Panfilo Lacson warned...
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