Now is the time for all good farmers to make judicious use of water for their crops. The dry spell is here and is poised to remain longer than usual.
By Zac B.... Read More...
For a more effective school feeding program, ‘BIG’ and fortified is the way to go, according to the Department of Science and Technology-Food and Nutrition Rese... Read More...
A harvest festival aimed at turning good farmers into better ones.
By Zac B. Sarian
Meeting ordinary men and women who are eager to learn improved farming t... Read More...
Aiming to aid the banana industry in its fight against fungal disease epidemics through his study on a banana plant pathogen, a student from Ateneo de Davao Uni... Read More...
Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB), caused by the fungus Exserohilum turcicum (previously classified as Helminthosporium turcicum), is becoming an increasingly im... Read More...
How to set up SNAP hydroponics.
By PJA Santos and ETM Ocampo
A. Establish the Seedlings
Materials needed:
a. Sowing tray – shallow box/basin with drai... Read More...
Build your own hydroponics setup using the SNAP method.
By JM Bo
The term 'hydroponics' conjures images of high technology. But for all the high science tha... Read More...
Heat stress in swine, caused mainly by elevated body temperatures, can result in reduced feed intakes as well as lower pregnancy and fertility rates that can im... Read More...
There is an initiative to instill in the minds of the young the value and culture of rice, the country’s main food commodity.
By Rudy A. Fernandez
The campa... Read More...
Whenever we visit a place, we always look for plants or farm animals that we think will interest our readers. Just like when we visited last March 21 the Marian... Read More...
In November 2014, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST)-Laguna inaugurated its own building located in the Laguna State Polytechnic University (LSPU),... Read More...
Bright urban gardening ideas are showcased in an urban garden that Senator Cynthia A. Villar launched recently at her own garden in BF Resort Subdivision.
The ... Read More...
While we were thinking of a topic for our column in the newspaper, we received a text message from Alex O who said he just read our column in Panorama magazine ... Read More...
Research suggests that growing plants high in certain compounds around farm fields could create a natural “medicine cabinet” that improves the survival rates of... Read More...
More than 2,000 agriculture industry stakeholders were at the recent annual open house of Allied Botanical Corporation’s (ABC) Research, Development and Breedin... Read More...
Did you know that you can increase the yield of your peanut by irrigating your plants with sea water?
By Zac B. Sarian
That’s what a farmer scientist from U... Read More...
A cassava farmer relates how technology has made his work easier and his profits grow.
By Jett Moleck G. Subaba
Alfredo Pascua has no problem with his farmi... Read More...
The mission of a research and development (R&D) facility of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in the northern part of Cagayan Province in Region 2 is to as... Read More...
The Laguna State Polytechnic University has a program that it hopes will make Laguna the mushroom capital of the Philippines.
By Carlos Andam and Harvey Dulay
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Danilo Calamba, 2015's Regional Outstanding Rice Farmer, reveals four ways to increase farm production.
By Anna Delza S. Barimbao
Born to a farming family i... Read More...
