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Duterte signs Coco Levy Trust Fund Act into law

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 26 10:06 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday signed a measure establishing the Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund, in a bid to efficiently use the multibillion-peso coconut levy fund to benefit over 2 million coconut farmers and the local coconut industry.    Read more »

‘Ginagawa kaming lab rats’: Grupo ng BPO, magsasaka tutol na unang turukan ng Sinovac

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 25 08:11 PM

Tutol ang grupo ng mga BPO workers at magsasaka na mauna silang turukan ng COVID-19 vaccine.  Read more »

Transport subsidy panawagan ng mga magbababoy sa DA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 10 12:31 PM

Nanawagan ang isang grupo ng mga magbababoy na ibigay ng pamahalaan ang pangakong transportation subsidy para sa pagpapadala ng baboy mula Visayas at Mindanao papuntang Metro Manila. Read more »

Taasan ang price cap, hiling ng mga magbababoy

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 08 02:20 PM

Sa panayam sa TeleRadyo, hiling ng National Federation of Hog Farmers na gawing P330 to P360 ang presyo ng karneng baboy.   Read more »

Hog raisers itinangging may hoarding ng karneng baboy

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 12:07 AM

Nauna nang isinisi ni Agriculture Secretary William Dar ang taas-presyo sa baboy sa ilang biyahero at wholesaler. Read more »

Golf: Reed cruises to ninth career PGA title at Torrey Pines

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 01 09:49 AM

Patrick Reed shook off a third-round rules controversy and held off Norway's Viktor Hovland over the back nine on Sunday to win the US PGA Farmers Insurance Open. Read more »

Golf: Co-leader Reed embedded in Torrey Pines rules controversy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 31 09:26 AM

Patrick Reed was embroiled in a rules controversy over what was deemed an embedded ball in Saturday's third round of the US PGA Farmers Insurance Open. Read more »

Philippine rice output hits all-time high of 19.3 million MT in 2020

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 27 05:40 PM

The Philippines' rice production reached an all-time high last year at 19.3 million metric tons (MT), up 2.6 percent from 18.8 million MT in 2019, based on data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) released on Wednesday. Read more »

Indian farm protesters battle police to plant flags at historic Red Fort

Devjyot Ghoshal and Adnan Abidi, Reuters
Posted at Jan 26 09:11 PM

Growers, angered by laws they say help large, private buyers at the expense of producers, have camped outside New Delhi for almost two months, posing one of the biggest challenges to Prime Minister Narendra Modi since he came to power in 2014.   Read more »

Mga pananim na gulay sa Laguna apektado ng madalas na pag-ulan

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 07:24 PM

Nasa 600 ektarya ng taniman sa Liliw, Laguna ang apektado ng pag-ulan at malamig na panahon. Read more »

Group urges gov't to vaccinate 11 million farmers vs COVID-19 using meat tariff funds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 05:40 PM

MANILA - An agricultural group on Friday urged the government to vaccinate around 11 million farmers against COVID-19 using funds from its collection of deboned meat tariff.   Read more »

Prices of vegetables are shockingly high—a Benguet farmer explains why

RHIA GRANA
Posted at Jan 14 04:31 PM

A farmer we spoke to says it’s only now that they are slowly recovering their losses during this pandemic, when they almost had to give away all their produce as donation. Read more »

Taniman ng mais sa Coron, Palawan, inatake ng fall armyworm

Rex Ruta, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 13 04:50 PM

CORON, Palawan - Nasira ang ilang taniman ng mais sa Barangay Delacachao sa Coron matapos atakihin ng pesteng fall armyworms o FAW. Read more »

Exclude land ownership from Cha-cha discussions says Finance chief

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 12 07:01 PM

Land ownership should be left out of discussions on Charter change, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said on Tuesday.  Read more »

Landbank hits 94.5 pct of lending target to farmers, fishers as of Nov: DOF

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 04 05:02 PM

The Land Bank of the Philippines has achieved 94.5 percent of its P245-billion lending target as of November last year, the Department of Finance said Monday. Read more »

Agri losses due to Typhoon Vicky totals P111 million

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 23 11:16 AM

A total of P111.01 million in agricultural damages and losses was identified by the Department of Agriculture (DA) after Tropical Depression Vicky hit parts of Visayas and Mindanao, affecting farmlands and fishing areas. Read more »

Senate OKs on final reading Cash Assistance for Filipino Farmers Act

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 07 07:39 PM

The Senate on Monday unanimously approved on final reading the Cash Assistance for Filipino Farmers Act that would provide financial aid to small rice farmers until 2024. Read more »

WATCH: Zsa Zsa Padilla gives glimpse of farm life, pays tribute to farmers

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 25 12:01 PM

Living the farm life has made Zsa Zsa Padilla appreciate the efforts of farmers to grow crops and raise livestock to supply people with food.  Read more »

LOOK: Isabela farmers gamble against climate in Ulysses aftermath

Text and photos by Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 23 10:27 PM

"Hindi mo alam kung babagyo ulit. Sapalaran lang sir, sapalaran lang sa pagtatanim. Kung mag bagyo naman or kung maswerte, bahala na ang Diyos. Hindi natin hawak ang panahon."  Read more »

'Sayang pagod 'pag binaha uli': Ilang Isabela farmers sa Pebrero na ulit magtatanim

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 20 08:23 PM

Posibleng abutin ng Pebrero 2021 bago muli makapagtanim ang mga magsasaka sa Sta. Maria, Isabela.  Read more »