A FARMER in the Bicol Region breached his production record for palay (unmilled rice) at 15.78 metric tons per hectare (MT/ha), reportedly the highest in the region.
A FARMER in the Bicol Region breached his production record for palay at 15.78 metric tons per hectare , reportedly the highest in the region.Genaro Tamon from Bombon, Camarines Sur, attained the feat in April by using SeedWorks Philippines' US 88 Premium Long Grain hybrid rice variety.Tamon exceeded his previous record yield's 15.73 MT/ha in May 2020 during the height of the pandemic. The current national average for palay production is 4.
With 15.78 MT/ha, Tamon harvested 263 cavans or sacks of rice with an average weight of 60 kilograms per cavan. At the prevailing farmgate price of P21.50 per kg during the time of harvest, Tamon earned a gross revenue of P339,270 from one cropping season.'Mr. Tamon only used 15 kilograms of hybrid rice seeds in a hectare, which SeedWorks Philippines produced,' said SeedWorks Philippines President Carlos Saplala.
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