Agriculture
PH prioritizes agri protection in US trade talks
The Philippines is prioritizing the protection of key agricultural commodities—rice, corn, sugar, chicken, fish, and pork—in ongoing tariff negotiations with the United States.
Monsoon, storm trio deliver P1.12B agri disaster grand slam
Severe weather conditions—driven by tropical storms Crising, Dante, and Emong, along with intensified southwest monsoon rains—have inflicted P1.12 billion in agricultural damage across the Philippines, with rice farming the hardest hit, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reported Friday.
San Miguel expands ‘backyard bukid’ farms nationwide
San Miguel Corporation (SMC), through its San Miguel Foundation (SMF), has expanded its community farming initiative Backyard Bukid to six sites nationwide, with plans to establish at least three new locations annually as part of a broader push to improve food access and support livelihoods in low-income communities.
Agri loss from habagat, Crising, Dante & Emong nears ₱500M
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday reported that agricultural losses due to the southwest monsoon (habagat) and tropical cyclones Crising, Dante, and Emong have reached ₱454.12 million, based on the latest update from its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Operations Center.
P323-M crop damage from Crising, monsoon spurs policy response
The combined impact of Tropical Storm Crising and the southwest monsoon has dealt a heavy blow to the country’s agriculture sector, with damage now pegged at ₱323.15 million, a 48.6 percent increase from the previous day, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).
