China’s Lunar New Year pork gloom exposes deep economic trouble
For families across China preparing for Lunar New Year, the most important celebration in the calendar, pork is a must.
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For families across China preparing for Lunar New Year, the most important celebration in the calendar, pork is a must.
Local planters managed to increase their output of rice and corn—the country’s staple crops—despite higher input costs, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The government should strictly implement laws that seek to combat overfishing to increase the country’s fish stocks, according to a lawmaker.
Increasingly popular alcohol breaks like Dry January are buoying the emerging US cannabis market as more drinkers—especially younger ones—see marijuana as a healthier alternative.
The Philippines will carry out this year a P100.05-million bamboo work program which includes trade and marketing in global venues to promote Filipino innovations in bamboo architecture and other products.
A weaker peso and high food prices likely slashed the Philippines’s total milk imports by 15 percent year-on-year to 2.3 million metric tons (MMT) last year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
The Department of Agriculture (DA) should closely monitor the supply of food products to prevent price fluctuations, according to a lawmaker.
American pet food makers would spend over $1.3 million (about P73.177 million) this year to expand their exports in 10 markets, including the Philippines, United States-based Pet Food Institute (PFI) said.
Bayer AG’s Monsanto unit was ordered by a Pennsylvania jury to pay more than $2.2 billion to a former Roundup user who blamed his cancer on the weedkiller in the largest verdict so far in five years of litigation over the herbicide.
After a 5-year lull due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Provincial Government of Bohol is hosting the resumption of the Philippine Farm Tourism Conference set at The Bellevue Resort in Panglao from February 26 to 28.
A technical working group (TWG), which will be spearheaded by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and composed of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), will be created to address the issue on the movement of pork and other raw materials within agricultural zones.
San Miguel Corp.’s (SMC) Backyard Bukid, initiated in 2021 to assist its service personnel during the pandemic, has grown into a vibrant urban farm at the company’s head office complex, now cultivating 39 varieties of flowering plants and vegetables.
The Philippines’s raw sugar production in the current crop year could drop to 1.75 million metric tons (MMT), the lowest in 24 years, due to El Niño.
RFM Corp., the food and beverage firm of the Concepcion Group, on Wednesday said its unaudited net income last year grew 14 percent to P1.2 billion from P1.07 billion in 2022.
Palm oil output in Malaysia, the No. 2 supplier, could rise 5 percent this year after the government allowed plantations to hire foreign workers, said Joseph Tek, chief executive of the Malaysian Palm Oil Association.
The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) has announced the appointment of Dr. Stanford Blade as the new Deputy Director General-Research.
THE Philippines may have ended its six-year reign as the world’s second largest banana exporter last year as preliminary estimates by the United Nations indicated that the country has been outrivaled by Guatemala amid faltering production.
The Philippines will not allow the entry of imported onions in the next four months to avert a glut in local supply, a move hailed by local industry groups, saying it is “a step in the right direction.”
Postharvest facilities, such as cold storages, dryers and transport facilities, will help increase farmers’ income and lower food prices, according to a lawmaker.
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to improve the competitiveness of the local coffee industry by bankrolling programs for the sector using the fees and charges slapped on imports.
At a village hall near Loch Linnhe, a sliver of water sandwiched between the Hebrides and Glasgow, Stewart Hawthorn laid out his plan to build the biggest salmon farm in the United Kingdom near this aging rural community. Once completed, the managing director of Long Loch Salmon said, it would create at least 16 jobs. It would feature eight enclosures holding up to 8,000 tons of fish, with a density double the industry standard. And most importantly, he claimed, it would help alleviate one of the biggest problems plaguing the business—excessive death rates.
The national government must invest at least P1.3 trillion over the next few years to boost food production and reduce food waste, Agriculture Secretary Francisco P. Tiu Laurel Jr. said.
The Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) urged the Department of Agriculture (DA) to suspend the importation of onions in the next six months to prevent a supply glut due to the expected increase in local harvest.
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad) said it is accelerating its efforts to catalyze increased private sector investments in rural and agricultural development.
The Philippines has slapped a temporary ban on poultry meat, birds and day-old chicks from Ohio and California in the United States.
The cost of Australian cattle has rebounded after widespread rainfall across farming regions in the eastern states revitalized pastures.
The Department of Agriculture (DA) bared plans to build a P500-million cold storage facility at the Food Terminal Inc. (FTI) as part of its goal of buffer-stocking key commodities through improved food logistics in the country.
Earnings from the country’s agri export winners, including coconut oil and pineapple, declined in January to November 2023, according to preliminary data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is keen on deploying interventions that will allow rice planters to increase their output during the dry season.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is set to hold the 37th Session of the Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC) in Colombo next month.
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