DA sets best-case scenario for palay output at 20 million MT
OUTPUT of palay, or unmilled rice, could hit 20 million metric tons (MT) in the best-case scenario put forward by the Department of Agriculture...
El Niño to continue into mid-2024 — FAO
SANTIAGO — The El Niño weather phenomenon will last at least through the first half of 2024, according to the latest United Nations forecasts,...
Ukraine’s grain sector losses could exceed $3.2 billion in 2023
KYIV — Ukrainian grain and oilseeds crop sector losses could exceed $3.2 billion in 2023 due to the high cost of logistics as well...
Brazil’s Lula vetoes bill favored by farm lobby restricting Indigenous land claims
BRASILIA — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has vetoed the core parts of a bill backed by the country’s powerful farm lobby...
SRA batting for P2-billion budget to finance sugar industry dev’t
THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said it is batting for funding of P2 billion in 2024 to help it implement the Sugar Industry Development...
As farmgate prices drop, sugar farmers deal with dwindling earnings for their cane harvest
THE decline in sugar farmgate prices is squeezing small farmers, who have no choice but to take what traders are willing to bid for the cane they harvest from their handful of hectares.
With domestic crop damaged by rain, China searches far and wide for wheat
CHINA is scouring the globe for wheat, with annual imports on track to hit record levels, as buyers scoop up cheap supplies after heavy...
El Niño peak during lean months for rice to show up in 2024 prices
RICE PRICES in early 2024 are likely to reflect the peak of the El Niño dry spell, which also coincides with the lean season for the staple grain, according to Calixto V. Chikiamco, president of the Foundation for Economic Freedom.
Philippines bans pork imports from Sweden
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said it banned swine and pork products from Sweden, following reports of an outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF)...
ASEAN ministers commit to eventual elimination of crop burning
KUALA LUMPUR — Southeast Asian agriculture and forestry ministers have agreed to take collective action to minimize and eventually eliminate crop burning in the...
World food price index little changed in September despite surge in sugar
ROME — The United Nations (UN)food agency’s world price index was largely stable in September, as declines in the indices for vegetable oils, dairy...
Pangasinan, Ilocos Norte declared free of bird flu
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) said Pangasinan and Ilocos Norte are free from type H5N1 Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza or bird flu.
The clearance was...