PHL 2024 broiler chicken production forecast at 1.53 million metric tons
THE PHILIPPINES is expected to postbroiler chicken production of 1.53 million metric tons (MT) in 2024, boosted by the industry’s continued expansion, the US...
China places major orders of feed corn in boost for Ukraine
HAMBURG/KYIV/SINGAPORE — Chinese importers are believed to have made large purchases of animal feed corn from Ukraine in the past two weeks, traders in...
LANDBANK disburses P2.2B in loans to rice farmers by end-July
LAND BANK of the Philippines (LANDBANK) said that it released loans worth P2.2 billion to 13,701 rice farmers and cooperatives in the seven months...
Rice inventory declines in early June; corn stocks edge up
THE rice inventory declined 18.1% year on year, while that of corn rose 1.5% at the start of June, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA)...
Mexico researchers show progress on drive to replace US corn imports
TEXCOCO, Mexico -— Researchers at a top Mexican agricultural university this week showed the progress they had made in producing more non-genetically modified (GM)...
Boats grounded, cattle grazing in dry reservoirs as drought grips Istanbul
ISTANBUL — Cattle now graze and sunflowers grow in the dried lakebed of the Terkos Dam outside Istanbul, where a drought this year has...
Rice imports likely to exceed projections due to El Niño
RICE IMPORTS are expected to surpass projections issued by both the US and Philippine Agriculture departments due to the El Niño-induced dry conditions, analysts said.
Trade deficit in agri goods widens to $2.71B in Q2
THE trade in Philippine agricultural goods posted a deficit of $2.71 billion in the second quarter, widening by 0.2%, with the decline in exports...
Indonesia reports massive rise in rice imports to refresh stockpiles
JAKARTA — Indonesia had a large rise in rice imports for the first eight months of the year compared to the same period in...
Global hunger worse today than in 2015, FAO says
WASHINGTON — There are 745 million more moderately to severely hungry people in the world today than in 2015, and the world is far...
Palay farmgate price seen falling further in major rice growing center Nueva Ecija
THE farmgate prices of palay, or unmilled rice, is expected to continue declining to P15-16 per kilogram (kg) as supply expands during the harvest,...
Farm industry says subsidy for rice retailers costing government P2 billion
FARMERS said the P15,000 subsidy for rice dealers being squeezed by the price controls on the grain is expected to cost the government P2...