The country may have lower rice imports and more robust local palay (unhusked rice) production this year, the Department of ...

“Palay traders are probably anticipating that the prices of imported rice will continue to fall, so they are playing safe by buying low from farmers,” said FFF Board Chairman and MAGSASAKA ...

THE National Food Authority (NFA) said on Sunday that it plans to procure around 880,000 metric tons (MT) of palay, or unmilled rice, this year. The planned volume will allow the NFA to meet its ...

Malacañang has urged farmers to seek local government units’ assistance in directly selling their palay (unhusked rice) to the National Food Authority, which buys the dry variety for P23 to P24 ...

NFA Adminstrator Larry Lacson is appealing to farmers to sell their palay to the agency to avail of a better price for their ...