Total combined household rice and corn stock level monitored every first day of the month at 6 o’clock in the morning of January, February and March recorded 74,704 metric tons. Of which, 42.84 thousand metric tons are in rice form and another 31.86 thousand metric tons in corn grain form. Fifty-seven percent of the total cereal stocks is rice while the remaining forty-three percent is corn grain. Total Household stocks recorded in this quarter is 9.56 percent greater compared to the same quarter in 2020.
Lower farm gate prices for cereals versus January 2019
Comparing average farm gate price of Palay fresh, Corn grain White & Yellow recorded this January 2020 with January 2019, lower price level was noted in the Farm Price Survey (FPS) conducted.