Tillers enjoy high farmgate prices
‘These prices are the highest yet since 2019 even as the harvest in the entire region is only 35 percent complete. We expect the harvest to be finished by end of November or early December’

(November 6 2023)…………A man spread rice or (Palay) at Brgy South Poblacion, Masinloc Zambales, onMonday November 6 2023, The Department of Agriculture (DA) National Rice Program reported that this year’s local palay production is expected to reach 19.50 million metric tons (MMT) or 12.754MMT of rice despite global challenges that include the increase in prices of fuel and fertilizer……..Photo/Analy Labor

