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Yellow corn yield achieved 103% self-sufficiency last year–Piñol

“The Department of Agriculture (DA) has announced that the country has achieved a 103-percent self-sufficiency in yellow corn production last year, the first in more than two decades.

Quoting a report from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel F. Piñol said gross yellow corn output in 2017 reached 5.811 million tons, which translated to a net local production of 5.749 million tons at a 1.07-percent postharvest loss. This, Piñol noted, was 3.3 percent higher, or 189,000 tons more, than the 5.560 million tons total yellow corn demand last year.

You can read the whole article here: https://businessmirror.com.ph/yellow-corn-yield-achieved-103-self-sufficiency-last-year-pinol/