China soybean buyers will cope if US trade dispute hits imports
BEIJING — Animal feed makers in China, the world’s top soybean buyer, will find ways to cope if a deepening trade dispute with the...
PRDP backs Mindanao growers with nearly P400M
DAVAO CITY -- Funding worth P398.63 million from the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) has been allocated for 84 enterprise projects covering 15 commodities...
Ghana risks 800,000 cocoa farmers’ ire with subsidies to end
THE GOVERNMENT of President Nana Akufo-Addo in Ghana will struggle to sidestep one of its most difficult decisions since coming to power a year...
Thailand held up as model for domestic-focused agriculture
THAILAND has been held up as a model for the government’s new domestic-demand focus for agriculture, with its competitive tourist industry helping boost local...
Deere raises sales forecast amid signs of farm recovery
DEERE & CO., the world’s largest farm machine maker, raised its full-year sales forecast, and there’s reason to believe that good news will keep...
Iloilo defers cacao, coffee planting project
THE Iloilo provincial government’s P10-million cacao and coffee planting project, scheduled for launch by the end of February, might be moved to a later...
Soybean rallies on supply worries amid Argentina drought
TO UNDERSTAND WHY soybean meal is the best-performing commodity so far this year, talk to Ariel Striglio, a 52-year-old farmer in Argentina’s Santa Fe...
Rail crunch leaves oil, wheat shipments stranded on Canada’s prairies
A SHORTAGE of rail cars in Canada is leaving grain and oil shipments stranded on the prairies, sending crude prices plummeting and leaving farmers...
DoT banks on farm tourism to expand visitor arrivals
By Maya M. Padillo,
Correspondent
DAVAO CITY — The Department of Tourism (DoT) is making a push for more farm tourism destinations around the country to...
Valentine’s chocolate buzz comes just as cocoa supplies tighten
JUST AS AMERICANS rush to load up on chocolates for Valentine’s Day, the global cocoa glut is finally starting to ebb.
Cocoa futures in New...
No go-ahead for NFA to import rice despite low inventories
THE National Food Authority (NFA) said on Wednesday that despite a decline in its rice inventory, the economic managers who control imports do not see an...
Agriculture, manufacturing agreement signed with Turkey
THE PHILIPPINES and Turkey have signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) on investment in agriculture, manufacturing and services during the first Joint Committee on...
