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Rice farmers may earn more as NFA eases buying rule
The Philippine Star
|February 27, 2026
Rice farmers can now earn more from selling their produce to the National Food Authority (NFA) after the state-run agency relaxed its moisture content requirement, allowing for more palay to be bought at a higher price.
In a statement, the NFA said it tweaked its procurement rules, including lowering moisture content requirement and refining the definition of pest-free produce, to allow more farmers to sell their produce to the grains agency.
The agency lowered its moisture requirement for dry and clean palay to 11 percent, which would have been otherwise rejected outright by the NFA under its previous rules.
The NFA will now buy dry and clean palay with a moisture content range of 11 to 14 percent.
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