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Benguet gubernatorial, vice gubernatorial candidates are against widening of existing vegetable farms

April 11, 2013 13:19
The only two gubernatorial candidates of Benguet province Thursday are against any plan to further widen vegetable farms in the area to save the remaining forests that serve as watersheds to springs and rivers. Incument provincial governor Nestor Fongwan of the Liberal Party (LP) and Jerome Selmo (United Nationalist Alliance), together with three candidates for the position as vice governor aired their opposition in an interview over the radio station of the Diocese of Benguet. Fongwan said that 60 percent of the country's total supply of temperate vegetables like cabbages, bro

Pampanga capitol shifts focus towards agri sector

April 11, 2013 08:16
After zeroing-in on the improvement of the province’s district hospitals, the provincial government is now focusing its efforts on uplifting the province’s agriculture. “We have projects for the farmers before, but, this time, we will give the agriculture sector more attention,” Governor Lilia Pineda said. Pineda, together with some local officials, recently led the distribution of some farm equipment to farmers in Sta.

PHL teams up with China in super hybrid rice development

April 10, 2013 17:03
The Philippines is poised to achieve a high average rice yield of 10 metric tons (MT) per hectare as it collaborates with China on the development of a "Super Hybrid Rice" that can potentially push production cost to P5 per kilo. The target is possible as the "Super Hybrid Rice" that the China National Hybrid Rice Research and Development Center (CNHR-RDC) is developing has already hit a milestone when it reached in 2011 a goal to yield 13.5 MT. Local rice experts are also ready to demonstrate the real potential of hybrid rice to raise yield when a Harvest Festival by SL Agrite

Chicago agricultural commodity futures trading closes mixed

April 10, 2013 15:17
Chicago corn and soybean posted big gains, but wheat suffered slight losses Tuesday. The most active corn contract for May delivery gained 10.75 cents, or 1.7 percent, to close at 6.4425 dollars per bushel. May wheat lost 3.75 cents, or 0.53 percent, to settle at 7.0875 dollars per bushel. May soybeans rose 17.5 cents, or 1.27 percent, to close at 13.955 dollars per bushel. May corn cashed in on weather premium Tuesday, as a cool, wet weather was forecast for the central Midwest in the next five days.

ADFSC Wins Award for Helping Farmers Grow for an Increasingly Competitive Market

April 9, 2013 14:04
Abu Dhabi Farmers' Services Centre (ADFSC) won the Farm Innovation in Agriculture Award for its "Growing for Market" initiative at the AGRA Middle East Awards recently in Dubai.

Wathba Modern Slaughterhouse Complex opens this month

April 9, 2013 13:31
The Municipality of Abu Dhabi City is now all set for opening Wathba Modern Slaughterhouse Complex, where a contract has been awarded to slaughtering, operation, maintenance and cleaning works contractors, and the facility is expected to start operation and offer slaughtering services to the public during the first half of April. Khalifa Al Rumaithi, Director of Public Health, Municipality of Abu Dhabi City, said, "Wathba Slaughterhouse is the first of its kind in the region in terms of equipment and modernity.

DA earmarks P500M for hybrid rice utilization, promotion

April 9, 2013 11:18
The Department of Agriculture (DA) has earmarked P500 million for the promotion and utilization of hybrid rice seeds that will boost the government's staple sufficiency program. DA Secretary Proceso Alcala, during the 1st National Hybrid Rice Congress held here recently, said some P200 million will be spent this year and another P300 in 2014 to increase hybrid rice utilization and hectarage by eight to 10 percent in 2014 from 3.5 percent last year. Alcala said the DA under its national rice program will continuously promote both private and public hybrids, particularly those de

Chicago corn, soybeans fall while wheat rises

April 9, 2013 09:49
Chicago agricultural commodity futures were traded mixed Friday, with wheat price up while corn and soybeans price down on sluggish demand concerns. The most active corn contract for May delivery fell 1 cent, or 0.16 percent, to close at 6.29 U.S. dollars per bushel. May wheat rose 5 cents, or 0.72 percent, to settle at 6.99 dollars per bushel.

NTA guarantees comfortable buying prices for Virginia tobacco

April 9, 2013 06:51
The National Tobacco Administration (NTA) is guaranteeing the comfortable buying prices of various classes of flue-cured Virginia tobacco produced by farmers in Region 1 this season.NTA Administrator Edgardo Zaragoza said private traders committed to buy all Virginia tobacco leaves at P74 to P76 per kilogram (kg) for neutral type and P95/kg for the full-flavor type.Neutral-type tobacco refers to an specie of Virginia tobacco being grown by the farmers in Ilocos region for use as filler in cigar making while the full-flavor type of Virginia tobacco is high in nicotine used for

DA provides P500 M to promote hybrid rice

April 9, 2013 06:34
A total amount of P500 million will be allotted by the Department of Agriculture (DA) to encourage more farmers to plant hybrid rice varieties as part of attaining national rice sufficiency by the end of the year. In a statement, Agriculture Secretary Proceso J.
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