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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...

Hard labor

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...

Thousands of unmilled palay stored in NFA warehouses

National Food Authority (NFA) warehouses in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro are reportedly holding hundreds of thousands of sacks of unmilled palay, some of which...

Rice supply seen enough at 3.83m tons by end-2024

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...

DA says gradual changes in palay buying prices

The Department of Agriculture (DA) plans to gradually adjust the palay buying price to balance the financial gains of Filipino farmers with consumer demands...

NFA to exceed palay buy target for first 6 months

The National Food Authority said it is on track to exceed its target for buying palay, or unhusked rice, in the first half of...

‘Let NFA sell cheaper rice in market’

A party-list lawmaker has reiterated his call to restore the National Food Authority’s (NFA) function to buy palay from local farmers then sell it...

NFA starts buying palay to boost buffer stocks

The National Food Authority (NFA) began aggressively buying palay at higher prices on Monday, seeking to boost buffer stocks.  The NFA council recently raised the...

NFA ups palay buying price from farmers

The National Food Authority (NFA) announced on Thursday it has raised its buying prices for palay (unhusked rice) to a range of P23 to...

NFA steps up palay procurement operations

THE National Food Authority (NFA) is boosting its palay procurement operations with an eye on at least 300,000 metric tons this year pursuant to...

Urban farmer

An urban farmer inspects palay in a 1,000 square-meter rice farm in Sitio Libis, Barangay Krus na Ligas in Quezon City. President Ferdinand Marcos...

NGO leader boasts P20/kilo rice ‘attainable’

A CIVIL society advocate and non-government organization leader has made a fearless forecast that rice being sold at P20 a kilo is attainable by...

Drying palay

A farmer spreads out dry palay (unhusked rice) on the pavement of the Masinloc Municipal Fish Port in Zambales.

PBBM’s support to palay farming increases our harvest income, say North Luzon farmers

NORTH Luzon farmers are happy these days as they are enjoying the benefits of high palay prices versus previous years.Fresh palay fetches an average...
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