Keeping palay prices fair, expanding the P20-per-kilo rice program and fast-tracking farm-to-market roads will be the Department of Agriculture’s biggest tests heading into 2026,...
The Department of Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the maximum suggested retail price for 5-percent broken imported rice will remain at P43...
Philippine rice production has largely stalled since 2017, widening the gap between domestic output and rising consumption, according to a new Ateneo de Manila...
The Philippines' agriculture and fisheries sector recorded a 2.8 percent year-on-year increase in the value of production in the third quarter of 2025 on...
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said Monday that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set to issue an executive order authorizing emergency government...
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) may push for a 15-day extension of the rice importation moratorium, after Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. reported...
MANILA—The maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for imported rice will remain in effect despite the two-month suspension of rice imports ordered by President Ferdinand...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. yesterday assured farmers that the government will protect the buying price of palay and lower agricultural input costs, amid concerns...
Rice farmers in Central Luzon are calling for stronger government intervention to stabilize palay prices, following the reopening of National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses...
Amid searing heat, a Filipino farmer harvests palay—his toil undermined by persistently low farmgate prices. Rising production costs means many rice farmers earn less...
National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro are reportedly holding hundreds of thousands of sacks of unmilled palay, some of which...
The Philippines is expected to maintain a sufficient rice supply of 3.83 million metric tons by end-2024, covering about 100 days of consumption despite...
