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PhilRice warns farmers of rainy season pest surge

THE Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) has issued a warning to rice farmers to closely monitor their fields for major pests, particularly as the wet season exacerbates pest attacks. This caution comes from findings by the Pest Risk Identification and Management (Prime) Project, a key initiative under the Department of Agriculture aimed at safeguarding crops […]

Thailand lifts 2024 rice export projection

By Vietnam News Agency Thailand expects to export 8.2 million tonnes of rice this year, up from a previous forecast of 7.5 million, helped by demand from major markets and a weakening THB, according to the country’s Commerce Ministry. Agricultural labourers working in a rice field in Suphan Buri province, Thailand. Photo courtesy of bangkokpost.com. […]

Rice prices in Negros Oriental slightly drop

By Mary Judaline Partlow HARVEST SEASON. A farmer attends to some of her family’s yield in this undated photo. Rice prices in the province have slightly dropped due to the continuous importation of rice and local production, an agriculture official said Wednesday (July 31, 2024). (PNA file photo courtesy of NFA-Negros Oriental) DUMAGUETE CITY – […]

Rice exports to increase on back of weakening Thai currency

Thailand’s rice exports this year are expected to increase, from the projected 7.5 million tonnes to 8.2 million tonnes, thanks to the weakening of the baht against the US dollar, which makes Thai rice more competitive in the world market, according to Ronnarong Phoolpipat, director-general of the Foreign Trade Department. He told the media today […]

$0.343/kilo rice still possible – Department of Agriculture, Philippines

Reducing the price of rice to P20 per kilo was one of the campaign promises Marcos made during the 2022 presidential race FILE PHOTO: A worker carries on his head a sack of rice inside a government rice warehouse National Food Authority in Quezon city, Metro Manila in Philippines, August 9, 2018. Picture taken August […]

Philippines and Vietnam agree to establish rice industry alliance

The Philippines is the largest export market of Vietnam. – Vietnam News/ANN HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Agriculture ministers of Vietnam and the Philippines have agreed to establish a rice industry alliance between the two countries and upgrade the trade relationship to an investment partnership in the rice industry. At a talk in Hanoi on July 9, […]