# Farmers call on gov’t to solve palay price distortion | Politiko South Luzon

> Farmers in Pangasinan and Nueva Ecija say freshly harvested palay is selling for ten pesos per kilo or less, below the price of darak, a rice-milling by-product sold as pig feed at P13 per kilo. They blame cheap imported and smuggled rice for depressing local prices.

- Date: 2016-11-09 · published 2016-11-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: trade · region Philippines · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73925-farmers-call-on-gov-t-to-solve-palay-price-distortion-politiko-south-luzon
- Commodities: [Rough Rice](https://feedsoft.ai/c/RICE.md)

## Why it matters

Darak, a feed ingredient, trading above paddy prices signals tight local by-product supply for hog feeders in the Philippines, while cheap imports keep grain prices low.

## Read by commodity

- RICE: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RICE | 2020-09-14 | [Farmers blame low palay prices on ‘unpredictable’ rice imports - BusinessWorld Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51192-farmers-blame-low-palay-prices-on-unpredictable-rice-imports-businessworld.md) | +2.5% | +2.0% |
| RICE | 2017-04-11 | [Rice farmers in 3 regions cry out to govt - Help us clear our stocks - Graphic Online](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71584-rice-farmers-in-3-regions-cry-out-to-govt-help-us-clear-our-stocks-graphic.md) | -2.1% | -6.0% |
| RICE | 2026-05-05 | [Indian non-basmati rice prices fall to multiyear low amid Africa policy disruption, new crop arrivals \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19305-indian-non-basmati-rice-prices-fall-to-multiyear-low-amid-africa-policy.md) | +4.6% | +11.3% |
| RICE | 2026-02-04 | [U.S. farmers struggle to keep traditional rice markets](https://feedsoft.ai/events/20677-u-s-farmers-struggle-to-keep-traditional-rice-markets.md) | +1.3% | -5.9% |
| RICE | 2026-05-28 | [Vietnam fragrant rice price fall to one-month low on weak Philippine demand \| S&P Global](https://feedsoft.ai/events/19302-vietnam-fragrant-rice-price-fall-to-one-month-low-on-weak-philippine-demand-s.md) | -2.1% | +1.3% |

## Sources

- southluzon.politiko.com.ph: https://southluzon.politiko.com.ph/2016/11/09/farmers-call-on-govt-to-solve-palay-price-distortion/uncategorized/

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