SAN MIGUEL, Bulacan — A farmer’s group in this town has started selling rice at P32.00 per kilo were widely received by consumers in this town .
Simeon Sioson, chairperson of the Lambakin Multipurpose Farmers’ Cooperative in this town said on Saturday (April 5) the 178 bags with 25 kg of rice each were sold out in about four hours.
The palay grains that were processed into the P32/kilo commercial rice was harvested by local farmers in San Miguel.
Sioson said their group decided to process their newly harvested palay into rice as the current farm gate price of palay has gone down at P14.00/ kilo.
With rice consumers clamoring for more cheaper rice, Sioson said that they decided to process their palay harvest into rice on a daily basis until their palay stocks are depleted.
“The farmer’s group is targeting to sell at least 175 bags of P32/kilo of rice,” Sioson added. (UnliNews Online)
