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‘Chicken lollipops’ shipment contained onions, carrots — BOC

By Ian Laqui | 10 days ago

In a statement issued Tuesday, September 22, 2026, the BOC said that the charges stem from six shipments consigned to Berches...

Headlines

EDITORIAL - Safeguarding ube

13 days ago

With ube going global, the Department of Agriculture has banned the export of fresh purple yam to protect local planting materials.

Opinion

Protecting ube

By Boo Chanco | September 18, 2026 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture has imposed an indefinite ban on the export of fresh ube to protect our planting materials amid booming global demand. It may have been too late or not enough.

Business

US deepens ties with Philippines via food and agriculture

By Ehda M. Dagooc | September 18, 2026 - 12:00am

The United States is seeking to deepen its partnership with the Philippines through the food and culinary industries, with American agricultural products positioned as an ingredient in the country’s evolving...

Freeman Cebu Business

China’s smart farming technology under study

September 13, 2026 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture is studying China’s smart farming technologies as the Philippines looks for ways to modernize...

Business

El Niño impact on rice harvest seen lessening

By Adrian Kenneth Halili | September 7, 2026 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture has revised its rice production projections, narrowing the potential El Niño-induced...

Business

ASF vaccines now commercially available

September 3, 2026 - 12:00am

In a relief to the country’s hog industry, a vaccine against African Swine Fever is now commercially available, the Department of Agriculture announced.

Cebu News

DA to tighten sugar import policy

By Adrian Kenneth Halili | August 22, 2026 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture is looking to tighten the country’s sugar import policy and enable a more competitive...

Business

Tanglaw sa Agrikultura...San Mateo Municipal agriculture

By Mer Layson | August 11, 2026 - 12:00am

Ngayong araw na ito ay ibabahagi ko po sa inyo ang good practice in agriculture na matagal nang isinusulong ng Municipal Agriculture ng San Mateo Rizal na nagsisilbing tanglaw ng maraming magsasaka sa bansa.

PSN Opinyon

DA shelves rice cap plan, rules out ban on imports

By Adrian Kenneth Halili | August 5, 2026 - 12:00am

The Department of Agriculture has reversed its plan to impose another price cap on imported five percent broken rice,...

Business