The NFA also raised its palay buying price earlier this month, buying at P18/kg for fresh palay and P24/kg for clean and dry ...

The NFA’s buying price is P24 per kilo for dry and clean palay and at P18 per kilo for fresh palay, the DA said in mid-March. The FFF said the floor price scheme could complement a proposed seasonal ...

Rice millers currently buy clean and dried palay at P20 to P22 per kilo, the NFA said, while fresh palay is usually priced P5 lower. Factoring in the P1 added cost for drying, Lacson said "a ...

In a statement, FFF chairman and Magsasaka nominee Leonardo Montemayor noted that fresh palay had been selling as low as P12 to P14 per kilogram (kg) in some parts of the country. "At this rate, many ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) is banking on higher yield to hit its record-high target palay production this year of 20.46 million metric tons (MT) despite a ...

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 ...