ROSARIO, La Union — Students here recently gained hands-on experience in rice farming while helping create La Union’s first rice paddy art in Barangay Tabtabungao, which serves as a learning site and agricultural display. Twenty-seven senior high school trainees from Bersamin Agro-Industrial High School planted rice on a 1,380-sqm plot using NSIC Rc 506, an inbred variety known for its high yield of up to 10 t/ha, and IR 1552, […]

Farmers beyond the Ilocos Region are embracing a low-cost bamboo-bin dryer promoted by the Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice) in Batac, Ilocos Norte. This postharvest technology is transforming how palay is dried, making the process more affordable, efficient, and reliable. Jovelyn Mandalihan of Brgy. Laon, Mogpog, Marinduque, first heard about the dryer through Facebook. Curious, she traveled to Ilocos Norte to buy one for her household. What began […]