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DA moves to stabilize palay prices
The Philippine Star
|May 04, 2026
The Department of Agriculture is stepping up market interventions as palay prices weaken in several major rice producing provinces, even as the main harvest season draws close to completion.
With about 77 percent of the national harvest already in, the DA said that fresh palay prices have slipped to P16 to P17 per kilo in isolated areas in Nueva Ecija, Pampanga, Isabela and Cagayan.
However, the agency noted that the downturn is not nationwide as farmgate prices in areas like Palawan remain significantly higher at P23 to P24 per kilo, pointing to localized price pressure rather than a systemic collapse in the market.
This story is from the May 04, 2026 edition of The Philippine Star.
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