Delbros says sugar industry should prepare for greater mechanization
DELGADO BROTHERS (Delbros) Group, a logistics and agriculture company, said it backs the mechanization of the sugarcane industry in the face of the threat from more liberal sugar imports.
Onion stockpiling plan to provide cold storage
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) will provide a P200 million loan to onion farmers’ associations to fund a stockpiling scheme for their produce which will allow them to wait out low-price periods, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said.
Davao chili industry call for more small business-friendly FDA
DAVAO CITY -- Dabawenyo Capsicum, a group of manufacturers of chili pepper products, said bureaucracy remains their biggest stumbling block despite the strong support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
In post-coup election, Thai rice, rubber farmers rethink old political divide
KHON KAEN/SONGKHLA, THAILAND -- In the rice-growing heartland of Thailand’s northeast, Kamol Suanpanya, 80, meets in the off season with fellow farmers at a community center, where they discuss Sunday’s election, the first after nearly five years of military rule.
Farmers worried about DA capacity to keep swine fever out
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) lacks the capacity to apply stringent biosecurity measures to counter the threat of African Swine Fever (ASF), a group of farmers claimed.
Australia-backed NGO taps indigenous groups for goat’s milk project
DAVAO CITY -- Noble Endeavors Mindanao, Inc. (NEMI), a non-profit based in President Roxas, Cotabato and funded by Global Development group (GDG) of Australia, is working with indigenous people (IP) communities to make goat’s milk.
AEV unit Pilmico Foods turns over 9-M research facility to Bukidnon university
PILMICO FOODS CORP., the agribusiness and food arm of the Abotiz Equity Ventures (AEV), said that it has turned over P9 million livestock research and training facility to the state-owned Central Mindanao University (CMU) in Bukidnon to boost agricultural research in the region.
DoST touts hybrid abaca advantages
GOVERNMENT researchers said hybrid abaca has some advantages in spinning fabric because of its finer fibers.
US seizes pork from China on swine fever concerns
WASHINGTON -- U.S. border agents have seized around 1 million pounds of pork from China, a spokesman for the agency said on Friday, over suspicions that it might contain African swine flu disease which has hit Chinese pork output.
Brazil import quota for US wheat could come with Bolsonaro visit
WASHINGTON -- Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 tonnes of U.S. wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions, according to a Brazilian official with knowledge of the negotiations ahead of President Jair Bolsonaro’s visit to Washington.
S. Korea-backed project for Panay upland farmers may be replicated elsewhere
ILOILO CITY -- A five-year program seeking to turn Panay’s upland farmers into direct distributors of their produce will be replicated in other parts of the country, Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said.
Davao chocolate firm offers first-in-PHL vegan option
DAVAO CITY -- Chocolates are now thought to offer health benefits apart from being a sweet treat, but a Davao-based chocolate company is launching a vegan variety, in what is claimed to be a first for a Philippine producer.