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Subsidies to state-run firms fell 30%to P5.334b in February, says Treasury

Government subsidies to state-run firms dropped nearly 30 percent in February as lower allocations for minor corporations offset increased funding for national irrigation and...

Rice target at risk from high costs, El Niño

High fuel and fertilizer costs combined with an approaching El Niño dry spell are threatening the Philippines’ ability to sustain record rice production this...

DA readies rice imports as buffer

The Department of Agriculture said it is prepared to increase rice imports if domestic production fails to meet national demand, but current supplies remain...

State firm subsidies plunged 22.94% to P106.9b in 2025

Subsidies granted to state-run firms fell 22.94 percent to P106.924 billion in 2025 as the national government scaled back financial support for major entities,...

DA to expand P20 rice program to 3.2 million people by February 2026

The Department of Agriculture expects to reach about 3.2 million Filipinos, or roughly 780,000 households, as it extends its P20-per-kilogram rice program from January...

NFA earns ‘excellent’ rating in 2025 governance scorecard

State-run National Food Authority (NFA) was awarded an "excellent" rating in the 2025 Corporate Governance Scorecard (CGS) by the Governance Commission for Government-Owned or...

NFA targets P1.43b as 2nd rice auction pushes through

The National Food Authority (NFA) is set to raise more than P1.43 billion from a public auction on December 5 of approximately 1.2 million...

Farmers group asks government to restore 35% rice import tariff

The Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) has renewed its call for the government to restore the 35-percent tariff on rice imports to help address...

DA seeks NFA grain-buying role under new law

The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pressing Congress to restore and broaden the National Food Authority’s (NFA) grain-buying powers, positioning the agency as a...

DA warns of rice industry’s collapse under Rice Tariffication Law

Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has warned that the country’s rice farming sector faces collapse unless the Rice Tariffication Law...

NFA’s rice ruse risks a nation’s hunger

“The nation deserves a rice system that feeds its people, not its dysfunction” NUEVA Ecija’s scorching fields, Mang Lito, a grizzled rice farmer, tears his...

Gov’t expands P20 rice in Visayas

The Department of Agriculture (DA) yesterday led the National Food Authority’s (NFA) send-off of 35,000 bags of rice bound for Central Visayas, the second...

Newly rehabilitated Bulacan warehouse to support P20 rice

The National Food Authority (NFA) opened the newly rehabilitated warehouse in Bulacan on Monday to support the agency’s palay procurement, raise farmer incomes, and...

NFA to traders: Don’t shortchange farmers

The National Food Authority (NFA) has called on traders not to shortchange farmers by buying palay or unmilled rice at lower prices, as the...
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