Agriculture
Asia rice rates across hubs hold flat as steady demand counters falling supply
Prices of rice exported from major Asian hubs remained steady this week, as moderate-to-flat demand for the staple was offset by support from declining supplies.
Laurel flatly rules out SRP on farm products as escape option
The Department of Agriculture (DA) on Thursday flatly ruled out the imposition of a suggested retail price (SRP) on farm products, especially on rice.
DA technical working group preps IRR for Price Act
Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel, Jr. has formed a technical working group (TWG) to draft the rules and regulations implementing Section 9 of the Price Act relating to agricultural products.
DA bans live poultry and poultry product imports from Belgium and France after bird flu outbreak
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has banned the importation of poultry and other poultry products, including wild birds, from Belgium and France after these two European nations reported to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) their respective outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in domestic birds.
Indonesia estimates Jan-Feb rice output to drop 46%
Indonesia's rice output in January and February this year is estimated at 2.25 million metric tons, agriculture ministry data showed on Wednesday, a 46.3npercent drop from the same period a year ago as El Nino hits harvests.
