The province of Guimaras yielded 311 metric tons (MT) of corn in the 4th Quarter (Q4) of 2020, up by 29.58 percent than the 240-MT yield in the same period in 2019, according to data from the Quarterly Corn Production Survey (CPS) of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).
“Both corn type, white and yellow exhibited increment compared to same quarter last year,” Provincial Statistics Officer Nelida B. Losare said.
The 145-MT white corn production in Q4 2020 was a 23.93 percent expansion from the 117 metric tons output in Q4 2019.
Yellow corn also recorded an increment of 34.96 percent, from 123 MT in Q4 2019 to 166 MT in Q4 2020.
The bulk of corn produced in Q4 2020 at 311 MT were from the yellow variety which shared more than half, or 53.38 percent, of the total provincial yield while white corn type shared 46.62 percent or 145 MT.
Losare explained that the increase in both yellow and the white corn yields was due to higher harvest per hectare and the expansion in area harvested.
The total area harvested for corn was estimated at 104 hectares in Q4 2020, one hectare less than in Q4 2019.
“Yellow corn harvested area expanded by 12.50 percent which covered 45 hectares in Q4 2020 from 40 hectares in Q4 2019, while harvested area for white corn declined by 9.23 percent, from 65 hectares to 59 in Q4 2020,” Losare said
Losare added that the availability of seeds and increasing utilization of yellow corn for animal feeds prompted corn farmers to expand areas planted with yellow corn in Q4 2020.
