Agriculture dep’t sets price caps for pork effective April 9

Agriculture dep’t sets price caps for pork effective April 9

The Department of Agriculture (DA) released on Thursday, April 8 the implementing guidelines of the suggested retail prices (SRP) for pork.This was after the DA, together with the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), set the SRP of pork kasim (shoulder) at P270 per...
DA bans meat imports from 4 countries due to H5N8 threat

DA bans meat imports from 4 countries due to H5N8 threat

The Department of Agriculture (DA) temporarily bans import of meat products due to H5N8 threat (Photo credits: Department of Agriculture) Amid the H5N8 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus outbreak, the Department of Agriculture (DA) has temporarily banned...
Hog deliveries reach 200,000 heads despite ongoing ASF plague

Hog deliveries reach 200,000 heads despite ongoing ASF plague

Despite the 2019 African Swine Flu (ASF) outbreak, the Department of Agriculture said it had secured more hog deliveries to the National Capital Region (NCR) from provinces with meat surpluses. Hog deliveries in Metro Manila reached 202,006 heads after 3,775 heads...