QUEZON CITY, (PIA) — The National Food Authority (NFA) is now purchasing palay from farmers at competitive prices—P24 per kilo for dry palay and P18 per kilo for fresh palay. This initiative aims to ...

“With the new drying facilities, farmers will be able to sell palay with higher moisture content, removing the burden of drying it themselves,” Lacson said. “This change is expected to ...

Local supply and demand drive prices, Briones and Manuntag said. Whether palay is sold fresh or dry, or erratic typhoons or severe droughts demolish harvests, or whether irrigation systems succeed or ...

FARMERS should take advantage of current hot and dry weather to dry their palay (unmilled rice) harvests, the National Food Authority (NFA) said, as this would increase profits and also contribute to ...

NFA Administrator Larry Lacson called on farmers to take advantage of the dry, hot weather to thoroughly dry their palay. While drying the harvest may take a few additional days and an extra cost of ...

Newly delivered rice from Regions 2 and 3 is stored at a National Food Authority warehouse in Valenzuela on Monday, January 20, 2025. The National Food Authority (NFA) urged farmers to invest more ...

Clearing of Amazonian forest boosts rainfall during the wet season, but reduces it in the dry season, when the ecosystem needs water most — highlighting the need to prevent further clearance of ...

NFA Adminstrator Larry Lacson is appealing to farmers to sell their palay to the agency to avail of a better price for their crops. For clean and dry palay, the NFA is buying these at 24 pesos per ...

MANILA, Philippines — With the palay harvest season approaching amid the dry season, the Department of Agriculture (DA) and National Food Authority (NFA) were urged to step up monitoring of ...

Recent data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) indicates that the average farmgate price of dry palay was P20.69 per kilogram in January 2025. However, without stricter oversight ...

In San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, prices for newly harvested palay have dipped to as low as P13 per kilo,” it said. “Clean and dry palay is at P19 per kilo, with traders reportedly hesitating to buy ...

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