The country’s palay output this quarter may grow by 2.8 percent year-on-year to over 7.4 million metric tons (MT) on the back ...

The country recorded its highest palay harvest ever last year at 20.06 million MT. Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. president Danilo Fausto emphasized that the drop in average palay ...

Of the 811,328 ha of standing palay crops for harvest, 66.1 percent were at the maturing stage while 30.4 percent were at the reproductive stage. The remaining 3.5 percent reached the vegetative ...

The country’s unmilled rice production in the fourth quarter will be higher than the previous year’s level despite the onslaught of typhoons that struck the country in October and November. Based on ...

Improved yield and competitive buying prices bolstered the palay procurement of the National Food Authority (NFA) by 263.9 ...

Republic Act 4054, or the Philippine Rice Share Tenancy Act, provides that these tenants, most of them landless, work as farmers who till palay land in exchange for a share of the harvest.

THE Department of Agriculture (DA) on Sunday said it would allocate P82.5 million more to boost rice production in farms in Iloilo province. In a statement, the agency said the extra budget would fund ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said on Monday that it procured 123,561 metric tons (MT) of palay, or unmilled rice, in October, equivalent to 2.47 million sacks of 50 kilograms each. In a report, ...

The DA is now expecting palay production this year to settle at 19.3 million MT, about 3.8 percent lower than last year’s record harvest of 20.06 million MT. The DA’s latest palay or unmilled ...