TAGBILARAN CITY -- A rice farmer from Paraiso, Mabini town in Bohol, Estarlita Vallecera got for the first time the highest yield from its hybrid rice farm when... Read More...
BAGUIO CITY – The Department of Agriculture-Cordillera spearheaded the first Cordillera Regional Corn Derby Field Day in Busilac, Alfonso Lista, Ifugao in searc... Read More...
By Freddie G. Lazaro
SAN FERNANDO CITY, La Union (July 12, 2020) - - The Department of Agriculture in Region 1 has readied a 100-hectare farm in Agoo, La Uni... Read More...
By Danny Estacio
CALAMBA CITY, Laguna- the Department of Agriculture (DA ) in CALABARZON region has distributed hybrid and inbred rice seeds in various parts... Read More...
Brown planthopper (BPH) and Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) caused by Nilaparvatalugens (Stål), and Xanthomonasoryzaepvoryzae are two of the toughest pests and bact... Read More...
More and more farmers are convinced that it is more profitable to plant hybrid rice than the inbred varieties. Just like Fernando Laparan of Sitio Bagbag, Brgy.... Read More...
By Ryan Baldovino
Mindanao corn growers can now plant a better and improved corn variety suited for high elevation environment with Syngenta’s commercial int... Read More...
Dr. Frisco M. Malabanan
Hybrid rice technology is seen as the most viable option for increasing rice productivity towards a more competitive rice industry, a... Read More...
The newly developed Hibiscus rosa-sinensis hybrid of the Institute of Plant Breeding under the College of Agriculture and Food Science of the University of the ... Read More...
By Mario M. Bibat
During a program at the Hortanova Farm in Lipa City last January, Simon N. Groot, the founder of East-West Seed, revealed that it was... Read More...
Syngenta's hybrid rice, Frontline S6003, emerged as the highest yielder among twelve hybrid rice varieties from five participating agricultural companies and co... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona
Agriculture Experts are convinced that without widespread shifting from the cultivation of low yielding traditional varieties to high ... Read More...
By Zac B. Sarian
The usual talk about rice these days centers on hybrid rice. This is because the perception is that hybrids are high yielding while the ordi... Read More...
By Pablito P. Pamplona, Ph.D. and April Grace D. Pamplona
The Philippines has 3.56 million hectares (ha) of coconut lands where traditional production practi... Read More...
Discover something from the Northern Luzon and how it became the "City of Cabbages'.
By Tony Rodriguez
In the highlands of Benguet, Mountain Province, and... Read More...
