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DA allots around P100 million worth of interventions to support PHL onion industry

(Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture (DA) has allotted around P100-million worth of interventions to support the Philippine onion industry. The agriculture department has identified the country’s major onion producing regions as Central Luzon, Ilocos, Mimaropa, and Cagayan Valley. But it said it is also considering “partnering with farmers in the Visayas and Mindanao regions to expand local onion production and assist them with market linkage activities.” For this year, the DA High Value […]

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Outgoing DA chief welcomes President-elect Marcos Jr’s decision to head agri dep’t

Transition report already prepared, says Secretary Dar   (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture welcomed the decision of President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., to head the department once he assumes the presidency on June 30. Outgoing DA Secretary William Dar described the President-elect’s decision as “very strategic” and said that Marcos Jr., leading the department would benefit Philippine agriculture. “We welcome the decision of President-elect Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. to personally oversee and be […]

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President-elect Marcos Jr says he will head Dep’t of Agriculture to avert possible “food crisis” in PHL

Taking DA’s helm only temporary, says Marcos Jr, until he reorganizes the dep’t to to make it more responsive after post-pandemic era and amid crisis in Ukraine Problems in agriculture “severe enough” that he decided to take the portfolio of DA Secretary, he says   (Eagle News) – President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., announced on Monday, June 20, that he will be temporarily head the Department of Agriculture upon his assumption in office as the […]

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Agri sector group presses probe of DA due to alleged anomalies in pork importation

  (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture should be investigated for alleged anomalies in the pricing of pork imports, according to the Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG), a group of farmers and others involved in the agriculture sector. SINAG chair Rosendo So said that they think there is a “tara system” in the DA since the price of imported pork only has a landed cost of P106 per kilo within the 30 percent tariff […]

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DA starts sourcing, transporting live hogs from Luzon, Visayas, Mindanao for Metro Manila markets

Weekly deliveries to start to Metro Manila to bring down pork prices   (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture said that there will be weekly delivery of live hogs from Mindanao, Visayas and other parts of Luzon to supply Metro Manila markets. This came about as the department also mobilized its transport facilities to help in transporting hogs from all over the country to the Philippine capital at a minimal fee. Agriculture Secretary William […]

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DA says unscrupulous traders jacking up pork prices by P200 per kilo; recommends price freeze

  (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture is recommending the imposition of a price freeze on pork and chicken to prevent a further spike in the prices of these meat products as  investigators found evidence of prices being jacked up by as much as P200 per kilo. In a statement, the department said that it has already recommended to President Rodrigo Duterte to impose a price freeze for pork and chicken – P270 per […]

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PHL now bird-flu free, says Dep’t of Agriculture

(Eagle News) — There are no more cases of the Avian Influenza (AI) A(H5N6) virus or bird flu in the country, according to the Department of Agriculture. The DA said that as early as Jan. 8 this year, the World Organization for Animal Health has declared that the “country is now free of the last remaining A(H5N6) strain of the Avian Influenza (AI).” In a statement released on Tuesday, Jan. 19, the DA said that […]

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DA mobilizing more food supplies, agri products from areas spared by typhoon for Luzon markets

  (Eagle News) — Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that they are mobilizing more food supplies from areas which were not hit by the recent strong typhoons that hit Luzon. Dar said that “highland vegetables” or those coming from the Cordillera region were not that damaged by the recent typhoons, and that they just need to be transported to the various markets in Luzon. The agriculture chief said that the slight rise in prices at […]

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Prices of vegetables spike in the aftermath of successive strong typhoons

  (Eagle News) — Prices of vegetables spiked in the recent days because in the aftermath of successive strong typhoons that ravaged the country, damaging vast areas of agricultural land. Some prices even almost doubled including vegetables coming from Baguio and the Mountain Province, and other vegetables used in local dishes and sources in Luzon that had been badly hit by Typhoon Rolly and Ulysses. The effect can be seen in local markets.  A visit […]

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DA says 25 provinces in PHL affected by ASF; almost 350k hogs culled

  (Eagle News) – There are now 25 provinces which have been affected by African Swine Fever (ASF) with more than 350,000 pigs already depopulated or culled, according to Agriculture Secretary William Dar. Dar said that ASF continued to be a threat to the Philippine swine industry. “Twenty-five provinces po ay apektado ng African Swine Fever at apektado—almost 350,000 na iyong na-depopulate so this has some significant bearing doon sa ating hog industry,” Dar said […]

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DA says maximum buying prices for palay higher than in previous years

(Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture said that the maximum buying price for palay this September in the top two producing regions in the country was actually higher than in the previous years. Agriculture Secreary William Dar, citing statistics on the farmgate prices of palay, said that the buying prices for dry palay (paddy rice) in the country’s top-producing areas reach P19 per kilo, which is at par with the maximum buying price set […]

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DA asks public to make sure meat products they buy have NMIS approval as ban on Brazil poultry imposed

DA issues guidelines as precautionary measure against COVID-19   (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture has imposed a “temporary ban” on the importation of poultry meat from Brazil after several reports that said that SARS-COV-2 was detected on chicken wings imported from that country. It also asked all meat processing plants in the country and slaughterhouses to make sure that the meat products they process are free from COVID-19, and that all workers involved […]

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