Tag: DAR

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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Agri dep’t to import 60K metric tons of fish to avert fish supply shortfall this first quarter

Says projected supply shortfall due in part to damage to fisheries subsector after typhoon “Odette”   (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture (DA) said it would import around 60,000 metric tons of small pelagic fish such as galunggong (round scad), sardines and mackerel “to plug projected fish supply shortfall in the first quarter of 2022.” In a statement, the DA said Agriculture Secretary William Dar had already signed the Certificate of Necessity to Import […]

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Dar says LGUs can now use quick response funds to help hog raisers affected by ASF

State of calamity proclamation due to ASF nationwide obligates LGUs to aid hog raisers in their areas, says DA chief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rx7HXvp2Lo (Eagle News) – The Department of Agriculture said that with the declaration of a state of calamity due to African Swine Fever, more funds from local government units can now be allocated to help hog raisers who had been affected by the disease. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that provinces, towns, down to the […]

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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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Pres. Duterte studying recommendation to impose price freeze on pork, chicken, says Sen. Go

https://youtu.be/jwC6ulgzvfw     (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte is now mulling the issuance of a price freeze for pork and chicken because of the unexplained rise in the prices of these meat products, according to Senator Christopher “Bong” Go. The senator who is the President’s former aide said that he had already relayed to President Duterte the public’s complaints about the high prices of pork and chicken, and even of fish and vegetables. Go […]

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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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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 assures local poultry raisers of support; to set up facilities to reduce chicken meat imports by next year

  (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture bared plans to set up modern facilities for chicken meat processing that would reduce chicken meat exports by next year. The DA said this to assure the country’s poultry raisers that it is looking into their concerns amid reported oversupply of chicken meat imports. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that there is also no move to limit local poultry production. He said that the DA is even […]

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Dep’t of Agriculture to probe high pork prices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxgSfro5lvE (Eagle News) — The Department of Agriculture moved to investigate reported high prices of meat products in the country. Agriculture Secretary William Dar said that he has already asked his people to look into this amid rise in meat prices, particularly of pork which he said should just be sold at the suggested retail price of P190 per kilo (for pigue/kasim or leg or ham cut) Dar said that the DA would coordinate with […]

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