# DA assures stable rice supply amid El Niño threat

> The Philippines Department of Agriculture said national rice supply remains stable despite El Niño concerns following PAGASA's March El Niño Watch. Palay ending stocks for Q1 2023 are estimated at 5.66 million MT, enough for 51 days, and farmgate prices rose above the prior month's record.

- Date: 2023-04-17 · published 2023-04-17T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: weather · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/36490-da-assures-stable-rice-supply-amid-el-nino-threat
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Rising Philippine farmgate prices and El Niño risk point to firmer Asian rice prices, though ample stocks limit near-term import demand pressure.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2023-06-19 | [Rice prices surge in Vietnam amid supply concerns and El Nino impact \| FEAG](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8291-rice-prices-surge-in-vietnam-amid-supply-concerns-and-el-nino-impact-feag.md) | +0.8% | -12.5% |
| RICE | 2023-08-02 | [Rice Supply Faces New Threat as Thailand Urges Crop Curbs - Bloomberg](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12036-rice-supply-faces-new-threat-as-thailand-urges-crop-curbs-bloomberg.md) | +0.3% | +4.4% |
| RICE | 2023-09-07 | [‘Major disruptor’: El Niño threatens the world’s rice supplies \| Global development \| The Guardian](https://feedsoft.ai/events/34004-major-disruptor-el-nino-threatens-the-world-s-rice-supplies-global-development.md) | -3.8% | -6.6% |
| RICE | 2023-07-06 | [Rice to get costlier as weather, India's farm perks threaten supply](https://feedsoft.ai/events/35133-rice-to-get-costlier-as-weather-india-s-farm-perks-threaten-supply.md) | +5.1% | -12.8% |
| RICE | 2026-09-11 | [Indian rice export prices hit one-year high amid supply concerns - The HinduBusinessLine](https://feedsoft.ai/events/17447-indian-rice-export-prices-hit-one-year-high-amid-supply-concerns-the.md) | +1.0% | +7.8% |

## Sources

- da.gov.ph: https://www.da.gov.ph/da-assures-stable-rice-supply-amid-el-nino-threat/

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