THE Philippines could hit the 20.46 million metric tons (MMT) target palay harvest this year, the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) said. Flordeliza Bordey, PhilRice Deputy Executive ...

Despite a projected higher rice output, the Philippines will still have to import about 3.5 million metric tons  of the ...

The farmer’s group 4SM Agri Multi-Purpose Cooperative, using its own rolling stores, has started selling rice at only P32 per ...

Rice prices have soared in the Philippines in recent months ... the poor rice farmers are forced to sell their harvest at exploitative prices, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and debt.

The PHP45 per kg. maximum suggested retail price (MSRP), the lowest thus far, is set to remain amid a “significant” retail price drop of imported rice in Metro Manila, the Department of Agriculture ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) said rice imports went down by nearly half in the first quarter of 2025 on expectations of good local harvest. DA ...

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 (FFF) pointed out the drop ...

The Department of Agriculture (DA) and the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) launched an initiative to help farmers in ...

click image for close-up The black worker in this picture could have been harvesting rice on Arthur Middleton's plantation, or one of many other rice plantations scattered throughout the ...

Uttam Kumar Reddy noted that the Telangana Civil Supplies Corporation signed an MoU with the Philippines to export eight lakh metric tonnes of rice ...

on the expectation of a bumper harvest. In addition, the Philippines' temporary halt of rice imports, awaiting the upcoming winter-spring crop, also helped lower Vietnam’s rice export prices.

To start with, it has exported its maiden consignment, comprising 12,500 tonnes of rice, to the Philippines on Monday. Telangana Civil Supplies Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy flagged off the ship ...