00:00The Agriculture Department is monitoring the high price of chicken
00:04because of some reports that there are some that are overpriced.
00:07While the maximum suggested retail price for pork meat
00:10is only one in every four vendors.
00:15Bernadette Reyes was right.
00:20It would have been cheaper to exchange pork and beef for chicken.
00:23But in the monitoring of the Department of Agriculture,
00:26it will reach P250 per kilo now.
00:29In Kamuning Market, P220 per kilo of whole chicken
00:33and P240 for choice cuts.
00:35P50 for the top part.
00:39But the chicken is good because it will be raised.
00:41It will grow fast.
00:42We'll just cut it in half first.
00:44We'll just add a lot of broth
00:47so that it will fit.
00:49According to the Department of Agriculture,
00:50feeds or feedstock for chicken is still expensive.
00:53Our production of corn is still expensive
00:56and we're only producing about 60% of what we need.
01:00So most of it is imported.
01:02But some vendors say that the price is too high.
01:06That's why there are surprise inspections by the DA.
01:10The price for that, like for pork,
01:12there are some that are overpriced.
01:15For us, the prevailing prices are more important.
01:18The prevailing price is P200 to P20.
01:20Pork meat is still expensive,
01:22but there are still many that do not comply
01:25with the maximum suggested retail price
01:27of P380 per kilo for pork
01:29and P350 per kilo for chicken.
01:33According to the Department of Agriculture,
01:35since the maximum SRP was implemented
01:37for the price of pork on March 10,
01:39only 25% of retailers comply with this.
01:43They should find out where the high prices come from.
01:47Because you can't blame the travelers.
01:51It's traffic.
01:53Some fish in the Jensen Public Market,
01:55like tuna, galunggong, and matambaca,
01:57continue to rise in price.
01:59Vendors say that the supply is too high for their suppliers.
02:03When it comes to rice, the DA speculates
02:06that we're raising more than 600,000 metric tons
02:09since January.
02:11It's lower than the 1.2 million metric tons
02:14that were imported in the first three months of 2024.
02:18For GMA Integrated News,
02:20Bernadette Reyes, Nakatuto, 24 Hours.
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