Price of Local Garlic Jumped to P300 Per Kilo, Department of Agriculture Says The Department of Agriculture reported that the prices of local garlic in the country have jumped to P300 per kilo. Because of the high prices of goods and commodities, many Filipinos are currently having difficulty budgeting their money. One of those that … Read more
Rowena Guanzon Air Frustration Over High Price of Fertilizer P3PWD Party-list nominee Rowena Guanzon vents frustration on social media against the high price of fertilizer. Guanzon couldn’t help but be irritated after learning about the fertilizer price increase on Twitter. According to Guanzon, the price has risen from P720 last year to P3,800 this year. … Read more
3 Men Arrested for Posing as Fake DA Employees and Selling Rice Seeds Police authorities arrested three men posing as fake employees of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and selling rice seeds. During a buy-bust operation in Saguday, Quirino, the Quirino Criminal Investigation and Detection Group Provincial Field Unit, or CIDG-PFU, detained three phony or … Read more
Raffy Tulfo Questions Cynthia Villar for Making Farmers’ Land Into Subdivisions Senator Raffy Tulfo questioned Senator Cynthia Villar for allegedly buying farmers’ land to make it into subdivisions. During the plenary debates held on the 2023 budget of the Department of Agriculture, the two senators became irate about the topic of turning farmland into residential … Read more
Arnold Clavio Reacts to the Decision of Government to Import Fish Veteran journalist Arnold Clavio expresses his reactions to the decision of the government to import fish into the country. Clavio took to Instagram to voice his viewpoint on the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) choice to import fish. Recall that the DA declared on November … Read more
Typhoon Karding Agricultural Damage Reach P160M; DA said Agricultural damage of super typhoon Karding (international name: Noru) have reached for over P160.1 million The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), the Ilocos Region, Central Luzon, Calabarzon, and the Bicol Region were all included in the most recent estimations made by the DA’s Disaster Risk Reduction and Management … Read more
Agriculture USecs Says Oversupply of Garlic, Cabbage is Farmers Fault The Department of Agriculture Undersecretary (Usec) Domingo Panganiban blames farmers due to the ‘oversupply’ of garlic and cabbage. In his radio interview, Panganiban blamed farmers to the market’s excess of garlic and cabbage. According to Panganiban, farmers never even consider if they will be able … Read more
President-Elect Bongbong Marcos To Sit as Department of Agriculture Secretary BONGBONG MARCOS – The President-Elect announced that he will head the Department of Agriculture “for now”. On June 30, a new administration will begin its term in the Philippine government. President-elect Bongbong Marcos will have his inauguration at the Philippine National Museum. The Marcos family … Read more
Department of Agriculture Expects Shortage of Egg Supply If Chicken Feed Prices Continue to Increase The Department of Agriculture (DA) is expecting a shortage of egg supply due to the surge of chicken feed prices. On Saturday (December 11, 2021), DA Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Noel Reyes said that the continuous increase in the prices of … Read more
Local Farmers Expresses Concern After Consumers Prefer Imported & Cheaper Carrots Rather Than Local Products The local farmers have expressed their disappointment due to the arrival of imported yet cheaper carrots from China. The local farmers in Benguet have been complaining regarding the arrival of imported yet cheaper carrots from China in Divisoria. Most consumers … Read more
