# Farmers encouraged to sell dry palay for higher price - DA-PhilRice : DA-PhilRice

> The Philippine Department of Agriculture's PhilRice institute encouraged farmers to sell good-quality dry palay for higher returns amid lower farmgate palay prices. It said dry palay at 14% moisture can earn about P1.50 per kilogram more than fresh palay, depending on quality.

- Date: 2020-11-23 · published 2020-11-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/50240-farmers-encouraged-to-sell-dry-palay-for-higher-price-da-philrice-da-philrice
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

This is local Philippine farm-gate advice on paddy quality and price premiums, with little effect on global rice supply, demand or prices.

## Sources

- philrice.gov.ph: https://www.philrice.gov.ph/farmers-encouraged-to-sell-dry-palay-for-higher-price/

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