As trade tensions mount, China soybean buyers looking for Plan B
BEIJING — Chinese buyers of soybeans, the United States’ biggest agricultural export to the country, are quietly drawing up contingency plans to ensure supplies...
Malaysian palm demand seen rising ahead of tax resumption
KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysian crude palm oil demand is expected to pick up ahead of the export tax resumption as overseas buyers stock up before...
TADECO opens lab to help fight banana disease
By Carmelito Q. Francisco
Correspondent
CARMEN, DAVAO DEL NORTE -- A modern laboratory, operated by Tagum Agricultural Development Company, Inc. (TADECO), has been formally opened to...
Mindanao peanut suppliers making inroads with food companies against imports
DAVAO CITY -- Two food companies -- Peanut Kisses from Bohol and Cheding’s Peanuts of Iligan City -- are considering sourcing raw peanuts from...
ATISCO eyes 10,000-ha Marawi abaca plantation
DAVAO CITY -- Agri-Tech Integrated Services Company (ATISCO), a subsidiary of Yazaki Torres Corp., is planning to develop 10,000 hectares (ha) of abaca farms...
More mechanization needed amid dwindling farm workers — DA
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) is pushing for further farm mechanization to improve work conditions and output, as a response to the decrease in...
China hog prices plunge after farm building boom
BEIJING — Chinese pig prices hit their lowest in nearly four years this week, plunging farmers in the world’s top pork market into the...
China says US soybeans ‘prime target’ over tariffs
CHICAGO — Chinese officials have said US soybeans are a prime target for retaliation against tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on steel and...
Australia can’t capitalize on record wool prices due to shortage of shearers
SYDNEY — Sheep farmers in rural Australia waited more than half a century for wool prices to come roaring back, only to find there...
BRF execs barred from returning to chicken exporter
BRASILIA — Executives of major food processor BRF SA who were released by police on Friday will not be able to return to their...
Let traders import rice — FEF
THE Foundation for Economic Freedom (FEF) said the government needs to loosen its control over the rice trade by allowing private traders to import...
Crop insurance too focused on protecting farm lenders — PIDS
THE design of crop insurance policies is geared towards reducing the risk to farm lenders rather than protecting farmers from risk, the Philippine Institute...