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Friday, February 22, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Philippine feed prices remain unmoved (week ended February 20, 2013)
Meanwhile, the Department of Agriculture expressed confidence of exporting livestock and poultry in the ASEAN once the region has integrated in 2015. Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala says the country's bird-flu and foot-and-mouth free s ...
Friday, February 15, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Philippine feed prices remain unchanged amid meat market surge (week ended Feb 13, 2013)
The Department of Agriculture plans to put up two germplasm laboratories by 2015 for the preservation and development of corn varieties in the country. The facilities are to make sure that corn varieties are preserved and maintained for bre ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Philippine corn prices fall on sluggish market (week ended Feb 6, 2013)
Corn farmers are expecting a good harvest this year, following a buffer output for 2012. Major corn producing provinces are hoping for another improved yield expecting good weather conditions for the rest of the year. They are also expectin ...
Friday, February 8, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Philippine feed prices dip amid bumper corn harvest(week ended January 30, 2013)
Meanwhile, the government is aiming for corn exports in 2013 as they expect to raise corn yield to 8.4 million tonnes with a sufficiency level of 101% with a surplus of 190,000 tonnes. The government lauded corn farmers' use of irrigation, ...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Surging meat demand slightly ups Philippine feed prices (week ended Jan 24, 2013)
The government reported that Philippine economy grew by 6.6% in 2012, beating the expectations of the market, lending institutions and even the government itself. The growth was fuelled by services, trade, real estate and construction secto ...
Friday, January 25, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices on the downtrend amid rising prices of farmgate hogs (week ended Jan 17, 2013)
The Department of Agriculture reported an increase in local production of chicken and pork in 2012. Recent figures show that chicken and hog production went up by 4.61% and 1.71% respectively.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices slightly down as demand lulls (week ended Jan 10, 2013)
Traders say the market is in a lull mood after a frantic period during the Christmas holidays. The two typhoons that battered Visayas and Mindanao in the first two weeks of January were also factors to the slim decline. Observers believe pr ...
Monday, January 7, 2013
Philippine Feed Weekly: New year ushers in stable feed prices (week ended Jan 3, 2013)
The Philippines is said to enter the early stages of becoming an investment-driven economy. The Philippine Daily Inquirer (PDI) reported that international financial firm Citi declared the combination of robust economic growth and benign in ...
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices stay firm as consumers prepare for New Year (week ended Dec 19, 2012)
Farming First, a non-government group from Denmark, has told farmers that it cannot wait for its negotiators to reach an agreement on including a work programme on agriculture in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UN ...
Friday, December 14, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices remain unchanged amid typhoon destruction (week ended Dec 13, 2012)
Corn farmers has asked the government to provide them with genetically modified seeds for quick turnaround planting to rehabilitate corn farms. Typhoon Pablo (international name Bopha) ravaged 30,000 hectares of corn farms in Mindanao and d ...
Friday, December 14, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices steady as demand for meat pours in (week ended Dec 6, 2012)
The government is bent on keeping biotech crops amid emerging issues regarding its health risks. The Department of Agriculture (DA) says genetically-modified corn has been beneficial to farmers as it expanded production by more than half. G ...
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices down amid strong demand for fresh meat (week ended Nov 28, 2012)
Philippine feed prices went down over the week amid the surge in demand for pork and chicken for the Christmas holidays. Prices of farmgate hogs remained on the uptrend while prices of chicken in the market continue to go up until the end o ...
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices unchanged as pork, chicken demand surges (week ended Nov 22, 2012)
Philippine feed prices remain steady over the week amid the onset of demand surge for pork and chicken for the Christmas season. Observers say some farmers have already sold their livestock weeks ahead of the Christmas season. Prices of por ...
Friday, November 23, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices stable as livestock raisers gear up for fresh meat demand surge (week ended Nov 14, 2012)
A food scientist from India has urged the local government to ban the use of genetically modified organisms in the country as it pose significant risks to human health and environment. Chakraborty was one of the supporters of banning GMOs i ...
Monday, November 12, 2012
Philippine Feed Weekly: Feed prices drop as holiday meats come to an end (week ended Nov 8, 2012)
Philippine Maize Federation (PhilMaize) president Roger Navarro says that such practice is "swindling as it shortchanges farmers for not getting what they really paid for." The group calls for fairness and honesty for fertilizer importers a ...

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