Ada Pelonia

commodities reporter @BusinessMirror

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With the planet warming at an unprecedented rate, agriculture is held by the scruff of volatile climatic conditions, leaving the sector vulnerable to weather’s capriciousness.

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KUALA LUMPUR—Industry stakeholders from Malaysia, the world’s second-leading palm oil producer, are keen on providing technical assistance to bolster the Philippines’s domestic oil palm output.

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The Philippines will reopen its rice trade with the United States following an industry-led agreement, targeting an annual purchase of 200,000 metric tons (MT) of the staple grain starting in 2028.

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The country’s rice imports could surge to more than 5 million metric tons (MMT) in 2026 as El Niño strains domestic production, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia—The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) said Malaysia’s palm oil shipments to the Philippines will continue to rise after Indonesia raised its palm-based biodiesel blend to 50 percent (B50).

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The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has introduced a new system to tighten its oversight of the country’s refined sugar production in its bid to get a clearer picture of the Philippines’ supply situation.

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A multisectoral response across the purple yam (ube) supply chain would sustain the industry’s growth trajectory, according to a unit of the University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P).

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The Philippines will have to forego the export of sugar to the United States under the tariff-rate quota (TRQ) system for now as cane farms are grappling with pest infestation and dry spells due to El Niño.

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The proposal to raise duties levied on frozen pork jowl through a reclassification was bucked by the United States, one of the Philippines’s top suppliers of the key “sisig” ingredient.

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The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) is verifying claims that a manufacturing plant fire warranted beverage giant Coca-Cola’s importation of finished Coke products from Indonesia.

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The proposal to raise the taxes slapped on sweetened beverages stoked concerns that the use of artificial sweeteners will accelerate to the detriment of the domestic sugarcane industry, according to the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA).

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) said only a fraction of farmlands in New Clark City, Tarlac will be affected by the United States-led Pax Silica initiative.

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The National Food Authority (NFA) raised its selling price for milled rice by P2 per kilo to trim the losses it incurred from selling the staple below prevailing market prices.

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Filipino consumers will only feel a “minimal” increase in prices of pork jowl products like “sisig” and processed meat goods if the bid for reclassification and tariff hike on the commodity pushes through, according to the Department of Agriculture (DA).

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The government will work on establishing a national standard on fresh purple yam (ube) in 2027 as part of efforts to strengthen the tuber’s Philippine identity given the massive demand of the domestic and international markets for the crop.

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The Department of Agriculture (DA) is pinning its hopes on a petition to impose a staggered hike in pork tariffs to trigger a time-bound quantitative restriction (QR) which could help arrest the slide in liveweight hog prices.

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The Philippines reclaimed its spot as the world’s second-largest banana exporter in 2025 on the back of a rebound in production, according to an international report.

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Mega Prime Foods Inc. (MPFI), owner of Mega Sardines, said surging diesel is putting pressure on its production costs, which could make it challenging for the firm to maintain current prices.

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The Coconut Industry Investment Fund-Oil Mills Group (CIIF-OMG) assured Filipino consumers that prices of its cooking oil brand Minola will remain steady despite the volatility in palm oil quotations.

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The Philippines and the United Kingdom are firming up a regionalization agreement for African swine fever (ASF) to sustain the pork trade despite disease outbreaks.

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