HIGHLIGHTS

The estimated palay production for the period January to March 2025 based on standing crop as of 01 March 2025 may be higher than the January to March 2024 actual estimate. However, the updated corn production based on standing crop as of 01 March 2025 may decrease compared with the actual harvest in the same period of 2024.  

PALAY      

1. As of 01 March 2025, the estimated palay production based on standing crop for January to March 2025 may increase to 4.72 million metric tons or by 0.7 percent from its actual output of 4.69 million metric tons in the same period of 2024. On the other hand, the updated estimate of palay production for the period January to March 2025 as of 01 March 2025 reflected a decrease of 0.6 percent from its estimate of 4.74 million metric tons as of 01 January 2025. (Figure 1 and Table 1)  

2. The estimated harvest area based on standing crop for the period January to March 2025 may decrease to 1.15 million hectares or by 2.4 percent from the 1.17 million hectares of actual harvested area in the same period of 2024. Moreover, based on standing crop for the period January to March 2025, the yield per hectare of palay may improve to 4.11 metric tons or by 3.0 percent from the previous year’s same period yield per hectare of 3.99 metric tons. (Table 1)

3. As of 01 March 2025, about 643.64 thousand hectares or 56.1 percent of the 1.15 million hectares updated harvest area of standing crop have been harvested. This translates to palay output of 2.61 million metric tons. (Tables 1 and 2)

4. Of the total area of 502.86 thousand hectares of standing palay yet to be harvested as of 01 March 2025, 9.3 percent were at the reproductive stage and 90.7 percent were at the maturing stage. (Figure 2 and Table 3)

CORN

1. The estimated corn production based on standing crop for the period January to March 2025 as of 01 March 2025 may decrease to 2.41 million metric tons or by 4.8 percent from its actual estimate of 2.53 million metric tons in the same period of 2024. Meanwhile, the updated estimate of corn production based on standing crop as of 01 March 2025 indicated an increase of 0.7 percent from its record of 2.40 million metric tons as of 01 January 2025. (Figure 3 and Table 4)

2. Harvest area based on standing crop for the period January to March 2025 may decrease to 644.68 thousand hectares or by 8.6 percent from the 705.52 thousand hectares actual harvest area in the same period of the previous year. On the other hand, the yield per hectare of corn may increase to 3.74 metric tons or by 4.2 percent from its previous year’s same quarter record of 3.59 metric tons. (Table 4)

3. As of 01 March 2025, about 395.78 thousand hectares or 61.4 percent of the 644.68 thousand hectares updated harvest area of standing corn have been harvested, translating to a 1.45 million metric tons of corn output. (Tables 4 and 5)

4. Of the total area of 248.90 thousand hectares of standing corn yet to be harvested as of 01 March 2025, 5.5 percent were at the reproductive stage and 94.5 percent were at the maturing stage. (Figure 4 and Table 6)

DIVINA GRACIA L. DEL PRADO, PhD          
Assistant Secretary          
Deputy National Statistician          
Sectoral Statistics Office