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He Put All His Eggs In One Basket
Agriculture

He Put All His Eggs In One Basket

During our interview, someone reminded us that we should never interview Romy, a retired teacher who was previously into quail raising.

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March 2019
KOICA PROJECT EYED TO RESOLVE PANAY UPLAND FARMERS' MARKETING PROBLEM
Agriculture

KOICA PROJECT EYED TO RESOLVE PANAY UPLAND FARMERS' MARKETING PROBLEM

Jose Pepe Caoyonan, chairman of San Miguel Farmers’ Cooperative, said “with this LFT, our farmers will be able to lessen their expenses in the transport of their farm products to Iloilo City, thus increasing their income.”

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March 2019
Portasol: Drying Palay Safely And Efficiently
Agriculture

Portasol: Drying Palay Safely And Efficiently

Drying reduces grain moisture content to a safe level for storage. When rice is harvested, it contains up to 25 per cent moisture. High moisture level during storage can lead to grain discoloration, and encourage development of molds.

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3 mins  |
March 2019
Quadro Alas Rice Hybrid Can Be Planted 3 Times A Year
Agriculture

Quadro Alas Rice Hybrid Can Be Planted 3 Times A Year

In 2018, Sorel was enrolled under the Model Hybrid Rice Program of the Department of Agriculture and planted Quadro Alas on his two-hectare farm in Brgy. San Miguel A on October 3, 2018.

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March 2019
Planting Rice Now More Fun, More Profitable
Agriculture

Planting Rice Now More Fun, More Profitable

“PLANTING RICE is never fun…Bending over till the set of sun”. That’s the opening lyric of the old planting rice song. Today, it is a different tune altogether, according to progressive smallholder farmers we interviewed during the “Piyestang Syngenta,” an event in Cabanatuan City attended by more than 150 men and women farmers on July 11, 2018. The new tune could as well be “Planting rice is now more fun and more profitable too, with the new technologies.”

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2 mins  |
September 2018
Why White-Collar Job People Go Into Farming
Agriculture

Why White-Collar Job People Go Into Farming

IN OUR LONG YEARS of writing about agriculture, we have met a lot of people–ordinary farmers as well as the white-collar workers–who went into some kind of farming. Why did they go into farming? Here are just five reasons (surely, there are many more).

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September 2018
Kamico, One Of The Biggest Exhibitors In Agrilink 2018
Agriculture

Kamico, One Of The Biggest Exhibitors In Agrilink 2018

SOUTH KOREA MANUFACTURERS will display their machinery in the upcoming Agrilink 2018 to be held on October 4 to 6 at the World Trade Center in Pasay City. KAMICO, one of the biggest exhibitors in the event, is being represented in the country by FIT Corea Trading Philippines, Inc.

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September 2018