A group of rural workers’ advocates urged the Philippine government to impose a floor price for palay (unmilled rice) to arrest the decline in retail prices of the staple grain. In a statement on ...

Rice farmers in Maria Aurora, Aurora have turned to planting sweet potatoes instead of palay due to low buying prices and high production costs. Farmers said they are disheartened by the current farm ...

THE FARMGATE PRICE of palay (unmilled rice) fell 24.4% year on year in March to an average of P18.57 per kilogram, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported. Month on month, the palay ...

A farmer threshes newly harvested palay grains at a ricefield in Mogpog, Marinduque in central Philippines, March 22, 2016. — REUTERS THE Department of Agriculture (DA) signaled its openness to a ...

DA spokesman Arnel de Mesa says the agency is already reviewing the placement of a floor price for palay MANILA, Philippines – A farmers’ group is urging the Philippine government to impose a ...

MANILA, Philippines — A farmers group on Wednesday said that the low import tariffs should be blamed for the decline in palay prices during the dry season harvest. The Federation of Free Farmers ...

The National Food Authority (NFA) has procured 2.2 million bags of unmilled rice or palay from local farmers in the first quarter of 2025, the agency reported Tuesday. "Sa ating mga magsasaka naman, ...

MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has denied claims that at least three Nueva Ecija farmers took their own lives due to low palay prices but has asked the National Bureau ...