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DA CREATES BODY TO DEVELOP, AID AGRI COOPERATIVES

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. announced the creation of the Agricultural Cooperative Enterprise Development Services (ACED), a new initiative that should enhance the capabilities of agricultural groups across the country as well as to strengthen food security and improve farm productivity through a comprehensive support system. Under Memorandum Circular 22, the newly established ACED […]

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RICE PRICES TO DROP BY JANUARY 2025 — TIU LAUREL

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. said that rice prices are projected to start declining in October as a result of the government’s decision to reduce import tariffs. However, the full impact of the tariff cut may be felt in January 2025, Tiu Laurel added. President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. recently signed Executive Order 62, which […]

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PANGASINAN GETS P15M PEANUT POST-HARVEST FACILITY

The Department of Agriculture (DA), through the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP), formally turned over the P15-million peanut production, consolidation, and marketing project to the Aramal-Tocok Federation of Free Farmers Multi-Purpose Cooperative (FFF MPC). The project comprises a P14.9-million peanut consolidation and storage facility, trucks, tractors, and financial capital. In 2023, the Philippine Statistics Authority […]

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DA GREENLIGHTS ASF VAX TESTS IN VISAYAS, MINDANAO

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. has instructed the Bureau of Animal Industry to expand its controlled testing of the African Swine Fever vaccine to additional areas in Luzon, as well as regions designated as red zones in the Visayas and Mindanao. The BAI initiated the first round of vaccinations on healthy pigs in Lobo, […]

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DA CHIEF: TUNA INDUSTRY CRUCIAL TO FOOD SECURITY

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. underscored the important role played by the tuna industry in generating investments, creating jobs and ensuring the country’s food security at the start of the 24th National Tuna Congress and Trade Exhibit in General Santos City, hailed as the tuna capital of the Philippines. In his keynote address at […]

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DA, BOC FOIL SMUGGLING OF ORANGES FROM THAILAND

The Department of Agriculture and the Bureau of Customs thwarted anew the illegal importation agricultural products, an unfair trade practice that poses a threat to public health and domestic agriculture. The BOC seized at the Manila International Container Port a shipment from Thailand of 3,200 cartons of fresh oranges worth P8.422 million that the DA’s […]

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PH RED ONION SUPPLY STABLE, SAYS DA

Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said he has approved the importation of white onion in limited quantity to replenish domestic supply and ensure stable price of the vegetable. Tiu Laurel stressed the total import volume will be limited to 16,000 metric tons whose arrival will be spread over for the last four months of […]

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DA STARTS ASF VACCINE TRIAL IN BATANGAS

The Department of Agriculture kicked off the controlled trial of a Vietnam-developed African swine fever (ASF) live vaccine in Lobo, Batangas—a municipality with one of the highest cases of ASF. The rollout of the vaccine will involve inoculating healthy pigs to curb the spread of the devastating disease that has been hounding the multibillion-peso hog […]

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N. ECIJA FARMERS GET POST-HARVEST AID WORTH P135M

The Department of Agriculture distributed P135.8 million of post harvest facilities and financial assistance to farmers and farmers’ groups in two towns in Nueva Ecija, the country’s largest rice producing province. Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. led separate activities in Jaen and Guimba to distribute rice mills and dryers that will benefit two farmers’ […]

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DA: KADIWA TO OPEN OUTLETS IN VISAYAS, MINDANAO

The Department of Agriculture will expand the KADIWA ng Pangulo program to Visayas and Mindanao in September as part of the broader plan to widen its store network, which offers lower-priced farm goods including rice, in Metro Manila and the rest of Luzon. “We expect to have at least 60 KADIWA ng Pangulo stores across […]