The Department of Agriculture (DA) announced on Thursday it aimed to produce more corn this year and raise the country’s corn sufficiency rate to 58 percent.

In a virtual briefing, Milo delos Reyes, National Corn Program director, said the DA wanted corn output to reach 10.824 million metric tons (MT) in 2021, compared to last year’s 9.183 million MT.

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