Within the next two months, state government will employ a private consultant who will not only monitor prices of essential commodities but will also assess factors like weather, transportation, export-import and trends of past years to forecast any possible spurt in prices to enable the government to take appropriate measures. Within the next two months, state government will employ a private consultant who will not only monitor prices of essential commodities but will also assess factors...

In the case of the stock market, if the market continues to trend up you can buy back the short put and play out the long puts for a major down spike. However, even if everything is planted the market will be very susceptible to the growing and harvest seasons and will likely experience significant drops in yield on their planted acreage. The overall outlook for the energy remains bearish as the potential for problems remains but the reality is that nothing concrete has happened and cannot...

Compare that with only a 49 percent increase overall in agricultural imports, or a mere 26 percent jump in imports from Canada, the United States number one provider. And the Chinese influx shows no signs of stopping: In the first three months of 2007, Chinese agricultural imports increased by 30 percent over the same period in 06. Despite holding steady in the standings, the amount imported from China has grown at a daunting rate: Since 2002, imports of Chinese agricultural, fish and...

As a model hybrid rice cluster, more than 200 hectares of rice fields were planted to hybrid rice this 2007 dry cropping season. He said that the highest yield in the cluster was 246 cav/ha while the lowest was 173 cav/ha, which is still much higher than what they would usually get from ordinary or inbred rice varieties. Domingo, Nueva Ecija are again overwhelmed with the benefits that they are reaping from their hybrid rice farms. The DA provides them adequate irrigation, postharvest...

Compare that with only a 49 percent increase overall in agricultural imports, or a mere 26 percent jump in imports from Canada, the United States' number one provider. And the Chinese influx shows no signs of stopping: In the first three months of 2007, Chinese agricultural imports increased by 30 percent from the same period in 2006. Despite holding steady in the standings, the amount imported from China has grown at a daunting rate: Since 2002, imports of Chinese agricultural, fish and...