As part of the national government's continuing support to Bicolano farmers, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel, Jr. led the distribution of more than P75.03 million worth of financial aid and farm equipment in Pili, Camarines Sur on Friday.
The Department of Agriculture has lifted the temporary ban on the importation of domestic and wild birds from Belgium and France due to a recent bird flu outbreak in the two European nations.
The US Department of Agriculture has lowered its projection for the amount of rice the Philippines will import this year but still expects the country to buy a higher volume of soybean meal.
The country's agricultural trade deficit narrowed in 2023 to USD11.49 billion as the both exports and imports of farm products decreased, data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed.