MANILA, Philippines — The country’s palay harvest in the first quarter remained relatively flat at nearly 4.7 million metric tons (MT) as planted area shrank, mitigated by higher yield ...

A farmer threshes newly harvested palay grains at a ricefield in Mogpog, Marinduque in central Philippines, March 22, 2016. — REUTERS THE Department of Agriculture (DA) signaled its openness to a ...

PALAY (unmilled rice) production has been projected to increase marginally, while that of corn may decrease, in the first quarter (Q1, January to March), compared to the same period in 2024, according ...

THE government must set a minimum buying price for palay (unmilled rice) to protect producers from excessive drops in the grain's farmgate cost, said the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF) and Magsasaka ...

MANILA, Philippines — A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price for palay (unmilled rice) to arrest the decline in retail prices of the staple ...

THE FARMGATE PRICE of palay (unmilled rice) fell 24.4% year on year in March to an average of P18.57 per kilogram, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Month on month, the palay ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) launched an initiative to help farmers in Marinduque province maximize ...

The drivers for the higher palay output this year would be the anticipated expansion in area harvested as more farms are planted with hybrid and inbred seeds and higher mechanization level ...