DA not limiting meat importers – farmers’ group
MANILA, Philippines — A farmers’ group is slamming meat importers over their threat of higher pork prices.
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Philippine seeks to break Guinness record with pork dishes
MANILA, Philippines — A group of hog farmers will attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the most number of pork dishes on display, which will be served during the organization’s festival in Quezon City and Marikina from March 1 to 5.
‘Smuggled onions flooding Mindanao’
MANILA, Philippines — A farmers’ group has confirmed the entry of alleged smuggled onions in Mindanao.
Smuggled onions booming online
MANILA, Philippines — Smuggled and imported onions being sold online have contributed to the slump in the farmgate price of local bulbs, according to a farmers’ group.
Farmgate price of red onions drops to P29/kilo
MANILA, Philippines — The farmgate price of onions further declined to P29 per kilo compared to the previous P40 per kilo or a decrease of P11, according to farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (Sinag) yesterday.
Usual suspects involved in onion supply, price manipulation – group
MANILA, Philippines — The same individuals who have been identified as involved in hoarding and manipulating the supply and prices of onions during the investigation of the House of Representatives and the Senate are the same people behind the current slump in farmgate prices of the bulbs, according to the head of a farmers’ group.
Chickens, too, says farmer’s group after onion import suspension
MANILA, Philippines — Farmers’ group Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura (SINAG) yesterday said that the moratorium on the importation of agriculture products should be the practice of the Department of Agriculture (DA) if there is a slump in the farmgate price of farm products, after Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel ordered a suspension in the outsourcing of onions.
Suspended DA exec maintains innocence over onion crisis
MANILA, Philippines — Suspended Agriculture Assistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista broke her silence yesterday as she maintained innocence after the Office of the Ombudsman ordered the filing of criminal charges against her and 17 others in connection with the onion crisis in 2022 when retail prices of onions reached as high as P720 per kilo.