The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has revised its forecast sugar output for crop year 2024-2025, reflecting a nearly 5 percent increase to 1.837 million metric tons (MT) from an earlier estimate of only 1.782 million MT, SRA administrator Pablo Luis Azcona said Monday.
Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said the Department of Agriculture is all-in on training young farmers, stressing they are key to keeping agriculture going and making sure the country has enough food.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) expanded the P20-per-kilo rice program to more KADIWA ng Pangulo centers on Thursday, fulfilling President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s promise to make affordable food accessible to a larger number of Filipinos.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily lifted the maximum suggested retail price (MSRP) for pork to reassess its effectiveness, citing low market compliance and supply-demand imbalances.