Agriculture
Rice husk helps dress a smarter future
Rice husks have long been treated as agriculture's equivalent of an unwanted houseguest. After the rice is harvested and milled, the husks are often...
DA orders destruction of abandoned imported onion
A massive shipment of imported onions left abandoned at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) is now set for disposal after laboratory tests confirmed the cargo poses health risks, intensifying government action against deteriorating perishable imports clogging port facilities.
ASF in Nueva Vizcaya confirmednisolated and under control
The Department of Agriculture (DA) through the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has clarified that African swine fever (ASF) cases detected in Nueva Vizcaya this year are isolated incidents and do not constitute a widespread outbreak.
DA testing on rice samples raise mislabeling red flag
A Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) monitoring exercise has uncovered potential mislabeling practices in rice sold in key urban markets, raising concerns that some...
DA to mass-produce natural fungus vs sugarcane pest
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is scaling up production of a naturally occurring fungus to fight the red‑striped soft scale insect (RSSI), a pest that can cut sugar content by nearly 50 percent. First seen in 2022, RSSI now ranks as a major threat to the Philippine sugar industry.
