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Initial data signal record rice yields

UNMILLED rice harvest in the first quarter of 2017 rose more than 5% year on year with hybrid rice seed driving the expansion
Citing data from the Philippine Rice Information System (PRISM) which provides the agency seasonal reports on harvests, Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol said that output for unmilled rice, or palay, stood at 4.14 million metric tons (MT) in the three months to March, up 5.34% year on year.
Headded that “for the first time in the history of rice farming,” results indicated a 4.15 ton yield per hectare, breaking the previous record of 3.9 MT per…