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[Title] => Corn traders holding on to corn stocks
[Summary] => Amid allegations of corn hoarding in regions that produce the commodity, the Agriculture field office in Cagayan Valley reported that corn traders in the region are holding on to their grain stocks because they are waiting for higher buying prices to offset their expenditure.
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[Title] => Feed prices seen going up next year
[Summary] => Feed prices are expected to go up next year following a projected increase in corn prices and a shortfall in supply of feedwheat.
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[Title] => Corn growers score trading
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Agriculture’s plan to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to start physical commodities trading of corn by the third quarter of this year is “dangerous,” corn growers warned.
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[Title] => DA urged to ban entry of corn from bird flu areas
[Summary] => Corn farmers are asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ban the importation of corn and corn substitutes from bird flu endemic areas.
"Prohibiting the imports of corn from bird flu affected countries should be made a policy by the DA if we are to protect not just our industry but to prevent an outbreak of the disease," said Roderico Bioco, outgoing president of the Philippine Maize Federation (Philmaize).
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[Title] => RP headed for ‘corn crisis’
[Summary] => DAGUPAN, Pangasinan – The country, a net importer of corn, appears headed for a "corn crisis" in the next five years as major corn exporting countries are aggressively converting corn into ethanol as a cheaper fuel substitute for crude oil.
"It’s a foregone conclusion if we don’t get get our acts together, increase local corn production and install adequate postharvest facilities to maximize the shelf life of the commodity, we might end up not having any corn to import," said Roderico Bioco in the 4th National Corn Congress.
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[Title] => Corn prices seen to hit P13/kilo on tight supply
[Summary] => Corn prices are expected to go up further and hit the resistance level of P13 per kilo in the coming weeks due to tight supply.
Philippine Maize Federation Inc. (Philmaize) president Roderico Bioco said the shortfall is estimated at 700,000 to one million metric tons (MT), the result of poor harvest brought about by unfavorable weather last year.
Prices of corn reached a recent high of P12.80 per kilo in Luzon, and about P10.50 per kilo in Mindanao.
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[Title] => DA lowers corn production target to 5.6 million MT
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is scaling down this year’s corn production target by 200,000 metric tons (MT) to 5.6 million MT from the original target of 5.7 million MT to 5.8 million MT.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the long dry spell brought about by the El Niño phenomenon along with the rising cost of production inputs is forcing farmers to scale down corn production.
Despite the expected production shortfall, Yap said the DA will not allow additional importation of tariff-free corn.
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[Title] => Corn prices surge in anticipation of low output in H1
[Summary] => Corn prices are expected to breach the P11 per kilo mark as domestic production is expected to be lower by 12 percent in the first half of the year compared to last year due to the devastating effects of the strong typhoons last December which was made worse by the dry spell brought about by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
Philippine Maize Federation Inc. president Rod Bioco said corn production for the first semester of 2005 is projected to decline by about eight percent to 2.3 million (MT) from the original target of 2.5 million MT.
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[Title] => RP to export corn to Korea, Malaysia
[Summary] => The country will be exporting 10,000 to 20,000 metric tons (MT) of corn to Malaysia and Korea in the third quarter this year as the local corn sector expects a surplus especially in the Mindanao region.
Roderico R. Bioco, president of the Philippine Maize Inc. (Philmaize) said the plan to export corn is meant to prevent local corn prices from drastically going down when the August-September harvests will flood the local market with excess supply.
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[Title] => DA to ban corn imports from China, Assam State of India
[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. is set to ban the importation of corn from China and Assam State of India, two countries infected with the bird flu virus.
The recommendation to ban corn imports from these two countries was made by Bureau of Animal Industry Director Jose Molina, Pete Ocampo, director of the Livestock Development Council and GMA Livestock Program, and Artemio M. Salazar, director of the GMA Corn Program.
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[Title] => Corn growers score trading
[Summary] => MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Agriculture’s plan to allow the National Food Authority (NFA) to start physical commodities trading of corn by the third quarter of this year is “dangerous,” corn growers warned.
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[Title] => DA urged to ban entry of corn from bird flu areas
[Summary] => Corn farmers are asking the Department of Agriculture (DA) to ban the importation of corn and corn substitutes from bird flu endemic areas.
"Prohibiting the imports of corn from bird flu affected countries should be made a policy by the DA if we are to protect not just our industry but to prevent an outbreak of the disease," said Roderico Bioco, outgoing president of the Philippine Maize Federation (Philmaize).
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"It’s a foregone conclusion if we don’t get get our acts together, increase local corn production and install adequate postharvest facilities to maximize the shelf life of the commodity, we might end up not having any corn to import," said Roderico Bioco in the 4th National Corn Congress.
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[Title] => Corn prices seen to hit P13/kilo on tight supply
[Summary] => Corn prices are expected to go up further and hit the resistance level of P13 per kilo in the coming weeks due to tight supply.
Philippine Maize Federation Inc. (Philmaize) president Roderico Bioco said the shortfall is estimated at 700,000 to one million metric tons (MT), the result of poor harvest brought about by unfavorable weather last year.
Prices of corn reached a recent high of P12.80 per kilo in Luzon, and about P10.50 per kilo in Mindanao.
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[Title] => DA lowers corn production target to 5.6 million MT
[Summary] => The Department of Agriculture (DA) is scaling down this year’s corn production target by 200,000 metric tons (MT) to 5.6 million MT from the original target of 5.7 million MT to 5.8 million MT.
Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap said the long dry spell brought about by the El Niño phenomenon along with the rising cost of production inputs is forcing farmers to scale down corn production.
Despite the expected production shortfall, Yap said the DA will not allow additional importation of tariff-free corn.
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[Title] => Corn prices surge in anticipation of low output in H1
[Summary] => Corn prices are expected to breach the P11 per kilo mark as domestic production is expected to be lower by 12 percent in the first half of the year compared to last year due to the devastating effects of the strong typhoons last December which was made worse by the dry spell brought about by the El Niño weather phenomenon.
Philippine Maize Federation Inc. president Rod Bioco said corn production for the first semester of 2005 is projected to decline by about eight percent to 2.3 million (MT) from the original target of 2.5 million MT.
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[Title] => RP to export corn to Korea, Malaysia
[Summary] => The country will be exporting 10,000 to 20,000 metric tons (MT) of corn to Malaysia and Korea in the third quarter this year as the local corn sector expects a surplus especially in the Mindanao region.
Roderico R. Bioco, president of the Philippine Maize Inc. (Philmaize) said the plan to export corn is meant to prevent local corn prices from drastically going down when the August-September harvests will flood the local market with excess supply.
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[Title] => DA to ban corn imports from China, Assam State of India
[Summary] => Agriculture Secretary Luis Lorenzo Jr. is set to ban the importation of corn from China and Assam State of India, two countries infected with the bird flu virus.
The recommendation to ban corn imports from these two countries was made by Bureau of Animal Industry Director Jose Molina, Pete Ocampo, director of the Livestock Development Council and GMA Livestock Program, and Artemio M. Salazar, director of the GMA Corn Program.
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October 26, 2012 - 12:00am
