The government is keen on increasing corn production for 2012 in order to ease the rice demand, according to President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s 55-page budget message to Congress. Read the rest of this entry »
Aquino wants increased corn production in 2012
July 27, 2011
Palay, corn production dropped in 2010
January 22, 2011
THE country’s palay and corn production in 2010 slightly dropped from their respective levels from the previous year as a prolonged dry spell brought by the El Niño phenomenon took its toll on staple crops, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Friday. Read the rest of this entry »
GM corn production now a multi-billion-peso industry
March 26, 2010
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna , Philippines – Genetically modified (GM) corn production in the Philippines has become a multi-billion-peso venture. Read the rest of this entry »
Corn, wheat prices set for biggest gain
November 1, 2009
CORN and wheat are set for the biggest monthly gain after the US economy returned to growth, boosting optimism about demand for grains as rain delays harvests in the United States. Read the rest of this entry »
Corn’s narrow escape
October 31, 2009
The newspapers report the vast devastation in our agricultural sector wrought by typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng. Rice fields have been inundated, rice warehouses in the North flooded. Thousands upon thousands of sacks of rice were rendered inutile, unfit for human consumption, and there are talks that we may need to embark on hefty importations again to tide us through these difficult coming months. The rice farmers are hard put to cope with the devastation, but where does this put the other staple farmer, the corn farmer? Read the rest of this entry »
Government yields to corn farmers’ demand for higher buying price
September 29, 2009
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Agriculture has given in to the demand of corn farmers to adhere to a P13 per kilogram buying price for corn following a three- hour heated discussion with members of the Philippine Maize Federation (PhilMaize) last Friday at the DA head office in Quezon City. Read the rest of this entry »
NFA sets higher-priced corn for Cagayan farmers
September 26, 2009
TUGUEGARAO CITY: The National Food Authority (NFA) Cagayan has announced the implementation of a two-tier pricing scheme for corn farmers in the province. Provincial Manager Armando Rey Villacorta said the two-level buying prices for clean and dry yellow corn grain took effect on September 14, 2009. The prices have been set at P12.30 per kilogram for 40 percent of the net marketable surplus volume and P10 per kilogram for 60 percent of the net marketable surplus volume of yellow corn to be sold to the farmers. Read the rest of this entry »
Yap earns the wrath of corn farmers, traders
September 24, 2009
Farmers and traders are venting their ire on Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap after the collapse of the local corn market. From a high of P26 a kilo in January this year, corn prices have fallen below P9 in early September, discouraging farmers from planting the crop and leaving traders helpless after building up their stock. Read the rest of this entry »
Government hikes corn buying price amid Cagayan Valley farmers’ complaints
September 21, 2009
BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines – Paying heed to the complaints of farmers in Cagayan Valley about the low buying price of corn, the national government has increased its buying price and the volume to be bought from every farmer. Read the rest of this entry »
Buying prices raised for corn
September 15, 2009
THE Philippines, Southeast Asia’s second-biggest corn producer, will double planned state purchases of the grain to 600,000 metric tons this year to help support local prices and protect farmers’ incomes, an official said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »
