The retail price of round scad or galunggong, once considered a “poor man’s fish,” was up by P40 per kilo based on monitoring of the Department of Agriculture in Metro Manila markets.

Farmers’ groups will recommend overhauling the Department of Agriculture as newly appointed Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. is scheduled to meet today with stakeholders and lawmakers in a hotel in Taguig City.

The retail price of onions has increased by P30 per kilo, setting the price to as high as P220 per kilo in Metro Manila markets compared to the prevailing prices a week ago, according to the Department of Agriculture.

The main harvest season for rice is 85 percent complete, farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura chairman Rosendo So said yesterday, noting that well-milled rice could reach P52 per kilo in December amid the high farmgate price of palay.

The retail price of onions has decreased by P10 per kilo, with the cost of the red bulbs going down to P130 per kilo from the previous P140 per kilo, according to the Department of Agriculture.

Environment Secretary Maria Antonia Yulo-Loyzaga has visited Pag-asa Island, coinciding with the arrival of the M/V Panata research vessel of the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute for its bi-annual research expedition to the Kalaya...

The importer of the African swine fever vaccine countered the claim of farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura chairman Rosendo So that the sale of ASF vaccine in the black market was the cause of the spread of the virus in the country.

The retail price of imported rice should go down amid the downward trend in the world market as its cost remains high at P60 per kilo in Philippine markets, farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura chairman Rosendo So said yesterday.

Amid the worsening impact of climate change, more than 100 barangays in the country were identified by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources as most at risk of flooding, a ranking official said.

Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos has urged those running for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections.

The Commission on Audit has flagged the P3.14-billion Land Transportation Management System project of the Land Transportation Office over delays in the implementation of the program, despite full payments for core applications and at least 15 contrac...

Two months after President Marcos announced the suspension of all reclamation projects in Manila Bay, fishermen witnessed a dredging vessel closely passing their boat off Cavite on Saturday night, fishers’ group Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakay...

The Department of Agriculture should not relax its guard amid the projection of a strong drought to occur later this year and likely to continue until the second quarter of 2024, former DA secretary Leonardo Montemayor warned.

Farmers’ group Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. president Danilo Fausto yesterday backed the possible appointment of fishing tycoon Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr. as next secretary of the Department of Agriculture..

Experts from the University of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences on Friday said that the fossils of gastropods discovered in Masungi Georeserve’s limestones in Baras, Rizal could be the “first and oldest” fossil record of its ki...

Manufacturers yesterday opposed the Department of Trade and Industry move to postpone price hikes for sardines and other basic commodities until next year after at least 14 increase requests had been filed.

There is no reason to panic after the United States Department of Agriculture tagged the Philippines as the world’s top rice importer, a ranking official of the Department of Agriculture (DA) said yesterday amid the country’s dependence on imported gra...

The government is moving to boost the country’s carabao production to support the feeding program for preschoolers, according to an official of the Department of Agriculture.

The proposed tariff cut on imported rice combined with the rice price ceiling implemented on Sept. 5 will result in the farmgate price of palay further plummeting to P6 per kilo, according to farmers’ group Federation of Free Farmers.

At least two low-pressure areas are being monitored within and outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said yesterday.

President Marcos will sign the implementing rules and regulations of the New Agrarian Emancipation Act or Republic Act 11953 on Sept. 12, a day before his 66th birthday.

The high retail prices of vegetables, particularly tomatoes, will persist for at least two weeks amid the shortage in supply, Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura executive director Jayson Cainglet said yesterday.

The Quezon City Metropolitan Trial Court Branch 138 junked the conspiracy to commit sedition case against former senator Antonio Trillanes IV and several co-accused over the “Ang Totoong Narcolist” videos which went viral in 2019.