MANILA, Philippines — A farmers group on Wednesday said that the low import tariffs should be blamed for the decline in palay prices during the dry season harvest. The Federation of Free Farmers ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has denied claims that at least three Nueva Ecija farmers took their own lives due to low palay prices but has asked the National Bureau ...

Palace says NFA Nueva Ecija has started buying palay from farmers but some have to wait as it is the peak season MANILA, Philippines – Department of Agriculture (DA) Secretary Francisco Tiu ...

MANILA, Philippines — Higher buying price allowed the National Food Authority (NFA) to expand its purchases from palay farmers in January by more than eight times on an annual basis to over ...

Malacañang on Tuesday urged local farmers to seek local government units’ (LGUs) assistance for the direct selling of their palay (unhusked rice) to the National Food Authority (NFA). This, as ...

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 ...

Rice importation was not the reason behind the low price of palay in Cagayan, but the local traders, Malacañang said. Palace Press Officer and Communications Undersecretary Claire Castro said that ...

MALACAÑANG on Wednesday backed the calls of the Department of Agriculture (DA) to provide more power to the National Food Authority (NFA) so it can buy more palay from local farmers and stabilize ...

The Agriculture Department calls on the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to look into social media posts claiming that three farmers in Nueva Ecija have taken their own lives due to the ...

In its monthly report, the NFA said it procured 14,101 MT of palay from local farmers in January, about 781 percent higher ...

Sacks of rice are stocked at a National Food Authority (NFA) warehouse in Valenzuela City in this photo taken on Feb. 19, 2025. Malacañang on Tuesday (March 25, 2025) said the NFA has pledged to buy ...