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Friday, February 9, 2024
Municipality in Antique, Philippines, suffers nearly US$600,000 damages to corn, rice production due to El Nino
The cost of damage caused by the El Niño phenomenon to rice and corn production in the Municipality of Patnongon, north of Antique, the Philippines reached ₱33.7 million (US$598,680).
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
Philippines feed millers association seeks for 5% tariff on corn imports
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers (Pafmi) is calling for the imposition of a standard 5% tariff on the Philippines' corn imports to strengthen domestic production of meat, fish and other poultry products, The Manila Times reported ...
Monday, September 4, 2023
Batangas, Philippines approves programme to boost corn production for poultry and egg producers
The Provincial Board of Batangas, Philippines, has given its approval to a measure aimed at enhancing the productivity of corn growers in the province, which is expected to significantly bolster the capacity of local farmers to provide esse ...
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Philippines Department of Agriculture sets up facility to support corn industry in Cagayan Valley
The Philippines' Department of Agriculture (DA), in partnership with the city government of Ilagan, established a processing facility for corn-based food products and livestock feed to boost the corn industry in Cagayan Valley.
Monday, August 7, 2023
Potential for Philippines to prolong lower import tariffs on pork and corn
The Philippines may extend reduced import tariffs on certain commodities including pork, corn and rice, beyond 2023 to ease pressure on inflation, which remained above target last month, officials said.
Thursday, July 13, 2023
El Nino-induced corn decline threatens livestock sector in the Philippines
Industry officials in the Philippines have expressed concerns over declining corn output due to the El Nino weather phenomenon, which is expected to have a ripple effect on the livestock sector, BusinessWorld reported.
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Philippines tariff revenues from imported corn eyed for feed subsidies
Joey Sarte Salceda, Chairman of the Philippine House Committee on Ways and Means, has urged the nation's agricultural officials to utilise tariff revenues from imported corn as feed subsidies for chicken layer farmers, BusinessMirror report ...
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Philippines' feed millers renew calls for corn development programme
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc (Pafmi) a group composed of more than 30 feed milling companies in the Philippines, have renewed calls for an industry-based corn farming development programme to be implemented in the country, ...
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam to import Indonesian corn
Arief Prasetyo Adi, head of Indonesia's National Food Agency (Bapanas), said the country will export corn to Malaysia, the Philippines, and Vietnam this year, The Star reported.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
USDA increases Philippines corn import forecast
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has projected that the Philippines will increase its corn imports in market year 2022/23 to 1 million metric tonnes due to the extension of lower tariffs on the commodity and easing of glob ...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Philippines extends temporarily reduced tariffs on pork and corn
Philippines' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr has announced that the lower import tariffs on agricultural products, such as pork and corn, have been extended to address supply issues and temper inflation, CNN Philippines reported.
Monday, December 12, 2022
Cargill in partnership to bolster food security Philippines by capacitating smallholder corn farmers
In an effort to further support the Philippine agriculture sector, Cargill Philippines is launching the Agri-Sagana Project in Cagayan and Isabela with the Asia Society for Social Improvement and Sustainable Transformation (ASSIST) to capac ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022
Industries urge Philippine government to raise budget for increasing corn output
Industries in the Philippines, that are dependent on animal feed, have called on the government to raise its budget allocation for raising corn output, arguing that corn scarcity will have a follow-on effect on meat, fish and poultry prices ...
Thursday, July 21, 2022
Agribusinesses want Philippine government to hike corn imports to control pork, chicken prices
Agribusiness stakeholders in the Philippines are urging the government to hike the country's corn imports in order to make up for the shortage in local supply and temper the increase in prices of pork and chicken.
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Philippine feed millers demand for more corn imports at lower tariffs
The Philippine Association of Feed Millers Inc. (Pafmi), the biggest group of animal feed producers in the Philippines, is pushing for higher import volumes for corn at lower tariffs to allow them flexibility to keep feed input costs low am ...

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