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Low palay prices drive farmers to death
LOW palay prices have driven at least three Nueva Ecija farmers to death, Magsasaka Party-list chairman Argel Joseph Cabatbat ...
There is an opportunity for farmers to earn more if they can sell palay or unhusked rice directly to the National Food ...
THE farmgate price of palay (unmilled rice) fell 18.9% year on year in February to an average of P20.29 per kilogram, after rice imports hit record levels last year. The Philippine Statistics ...
With the palay harvest season approaching amid the dry season, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority ...
The country’s paddy rice output could increase slightly in the first quarter due to the improvement in yield, according to the results of the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) standing crops ...
Inbound shipments of rice are approaching the 600,000-metric-ton (MT) mark as imports are seen to help raise domestic ...
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Wednesday said the approved additional PHP10 billion is crucial for the rehabilitation ...
The National Food Authority (NFA) urged farmers to invest more time in drying their palay or unmilled rice harvest to increase their income. NFA Administrator Larry Lacson said rice planters should ...
WHILE NUEVA ECIJA IS THE TOP PRODUCER OF PALAY, FARMGATE PRICES DURING HARVEST SEASON ARE DETERMINED BY AREAS THAT HARVEST AHEAD. OTHER TOWNS IN THE PROVINCE SET THE PRICE RANGE SINCE GUIMBA, THE ...