Agriculture
Consumers appear willing to buy rice bran-enriched food–study
Agriculture Usually treated as waste in rice milling and consigned mainly as animal feed, rice bran--after fermentation--offers itself as a nutritious food additive that could benefit not only consumers but provide an income boost to farmers.
Palm oil prices seen rising in 2024 as El Nino crimps Indonesian output- GAPKI
Crude palm oil (CPO) prices in 2024 are likely to average at least 11 percent more than this year as El Nino weather patterns are expected to reduce output in top producer Indonesia, the Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) said on Thursday.
Filipino rice farmers earn P10,836 for 4 months’ work
Filipino rice farmers in 2022 earned an average P10,836 for every hectare—an income that requires frontloaded investment and a waiting period of up to four months highly at risk to weather changes.
Stakeholders seek BAI clarity on ASF, AI vaccines
The Bureau of Animal Industry is making sure the proposed vaccine against the African swine fever (ASF) and avian influenza (AI) proceed without problems when these are finally launch.
Rice, corn grain production shortfall this year seen minimal – USDA
The country's production of milled grains as rice and corn this year should prove only minimally lower than target, the United States Department of...
