Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. said the Department of Agriculture (DA) expects to cut construction costs by up to 20 percent when it assumes responsibility for building farm-to-market roads (FMRs) from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) starting next year.
Mega Agri-Farm Corp. is planning to expand its poultry farm in Mayantoc, Tarlac, to accommodate up to 480,000 birds, five times its current capacity of 98,000.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. has issued new rules strengthening the country’s defenses against the African swine fever (ASF) while ensuring safe importation of swine and pork products.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has turned over a state-of-the-art Rice Processing System II (RPS II) worth P60.6 million to the Isabela Seed Grower’s Multi-Purpose Cooperative under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) mechanization program on Thursday, November 6.