What is right E-A-T of fertilizer application? Right E-A-T refers to the correct nutrient Element,Amount, and Timing of fertilizer application. It is theessence of PalayCheck’s Key Check 5, which is about nu-trient management, and is embedded in the integratednutrient management framework (Figure 1). Key Check5 targets sufficient nutrients during the tillering, earlypanicle initiation (EPI), and flowering stages. For far-mers to know the right element and amount of fertilizerto apply, Key […]

Rice farmers in Masbate City, Masbate; Calbayog City, Samar; and Santa Maria, Laguna expressed willingness to apply combination of organic and inorganic fertilizer during the launch of the “Abonong Swak! Swak sa Budget! Swak sa Palay!” campaign by the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) together with the Bureau of Soil and Water Management (BSWM). The “Abonong Swak” campaign is an initiative of the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund – Rice Extension […]

More choices for richer yield. Ilukano farmers can now check and compare the performance of hybrid varieties that they can consider come next planting season in the 120-ha demonstration farm in Brgy. Cabaruan, Bacarra, Ilocos Norte. Hybrid rice is a product of two different cross-pollinated rice plants with superior qualities, which yields up to 15% higher than the inbred varieties. DA-PhilRice Batac introduced the public hybrids Mestizo 1 (M1) and […]

The DA-PhilRice Management Committee (ManCom) during its 22nd regular meeting on July 7 tackled the Masagana Rice Programs, which has two strands: 150 and 200. Masagana 150 is expected to yield 7.5t of inbred rice per hectare, while Masagana 200 aims at 10t of hybrid rice a hectare. The outgoing DA leadership drafted the Masagana proposals in response to the marching orders of the President/DA Secretary Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. […]

The local government of Supiden, La Union has distributed free certified inbred seeds from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) to 17 remote villages.  Zeny Corpuz, municipal agriculturist, said that they brought the seeds to the farmers to help them further save on resources going to the municipal hall to receive the rice seeds. “Farmers in these areas pay expensive fares to reach the town. We decided to help them […]

Jorge Acero, 56, clearly remembers this line from his youngest son after graduating in 2018. He has spent 23 years abroad – 8 years in Saudi Arabia and 15 years in Qatar. Thanks to his son’s prodding; he is now a happy, contented farmer-returnee. On February 29, 2020, Acero arrived in the Philippines after resigning from his work abroad since all his three children have already graduated. He decided to […]

Ayon sa mga eksperto na sa pagtatanim ng hybrid rice, halos nasa P100,000 ang karaniwang kita bawat ektarya sa hybrid rice. Sa pagtatanim ng hybrid rice tulad ng Mestizo 1 at Mestiso 20, siguraduhing bago at tama ang dami ng binhing itatanim. Sapat na ang 15-18 kilong binhing hybrid kada ektarya. Payo ng mga eksperto, ibabad ang binhi nang 12-24 oras sa umaagos na may malinis na tubig. Kung ibababad […]

Ayon sa Presidential Decree No. 491, ang buwan ng Hulyo ay naideklara bilang buwan ng nutrisyon. Sa temang “New normal na nutrisyon, sama-samang gawan ng solusyon”, ipinapayong sama-sama nating palakasin ang ating mga katawan lalo na ngayong may COVID-19 virus pa rin. Upang maging malakas ang katawan, mainam na kumain ng mga masusustansiyang pagkain at palagiang mag-ehersisyo, pahayag ni Evelyn H. Bandonill, Supervising Science Research Specialist ng PhilRice. Paalala ni […]

Paalala ng mga eksperto na palagiang i-monitor ang bukid upang maging handa sakali mang atakihin ng mata-mata o rice blast. Tinamaan ng blast ang palayang nagkakaroon ng spots o mata-mata sa dahon na hugis diamante na medyo mapula ang gilid at abuhin ang gitna. Sa panahon naman ng pamumulaklak at paglalaman, inaatake ng amag ang batok ng uhay na sanhi ng pagkamatay ng uhay ng palay na tinatawag din na […]

The use of Minus-One Element Technique (MOET), a farmer-friendly and quick soil analysis kit, added 20 cavans (62kg/cavan) to the harvest of a farmer in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. Ryan F. Alvar usually harvests 35 cavans (62kg/cavan) from his 0.8-ha field. When he applied his learnings on the use of MOET from the PalaySikatan, a technology demonstration farm established by DA-PhilRice Agusan under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF)-Seed […]