HIGHLIGHTS

Based on standing crop as of 01 August 2024, the estimated palay production for the period of July to September 2024 may be less than the July to September 2023 actual estimate. However, the updated corn production based on standing crop as of 01 August 2024 may increase compared with the actual harvest in the same period of 2023.

PALAY           
1. As of 01 August 2024, the estimated palay production based on standing crop for July to September 2024 may decrease to 3.36 million metric tons or by 11.4 percent from its actual output of 3.80 million metric tons in the same period of 2023. The updated estimate of palay production for the period July to September 2024 as of 01 August 2024 further declined by 0.7 percent from the 3.39 million metric tons estimates as of 01 July 2024. (Figure 1 and Table 1)  

Figure 1. July-September Palay Production Estimates, 2023-2024

2. The estimated harvest area based on standing crop for the period July to September 2024 may decrease to 796.47 thousand hectares or by 14.1 percent from the 926.92 thousand hectares of actual harvested area in the same period of 2023. Based on standing crop for the period July to September 2024, the yield per hectare of palay may increase to 4.22 metric tons or by 2.9 percent from the previous year’s same period yield per hectare of 4.10 metric tons. (Table 1)

3. As of 01 August 2024, about 116.41 thousand hectares or 14.6 percent of the 796.47 thousand hectares updated harvest area of standing crop have been harvested. This translates to palay output of 469.40 thousand metric tons. (Tables 1 and 2)

4. Of the total area of 680.06 thousand hectares of standing palay yet to be harvested as of 01 August 2024, 14.9 percent were at the vegetative stage, 58.7 percent at the reproductive stage, and 26.4 percent at the maturing stage. (Figure 2 and Table 3)

Figure 2. Area of Standing Palay by Stage of    
Development as of 01 August 2024

CORN   
1. The estimated corn production based on standing crop for the period July to September 2024 as of 01 August 2024 may increase to 2.52 million metric tons or by 2.4 percent from its actual estimate of 2.47 million metric tons in the same period of 2023. Meanwhile, the updated estimate of corn production based on standing crop as of 01 August 2024 exhibited a decrease of 0.3 percent from the 2.53 million metric tons recorded estimate as of 01 July 2024. (Figure 3 and Table 4)

Figure 3. July-September Corn Production Estimates, 2023-2024

2. Harvest area based on standing crop for the period July to September 2024 may decrease to 806.53 thousand hectares or by 1.9 percent from the 822.40 thousand hectares actual estimate of harvest area in the same period of the previous year. Meanwhile, the yield per hectare of corn may increase to 3.13 metric tons or by 4.3 percent from the previous year’s same quarter yield per hectare of 3.00 metric tons. (Table 4)

3. As of 01 August 2024, about 161.67 thousand hectares or 20.0 percent of the 806.53 thousand hectares updated harvest area of standing corn have been harvested, translating to a 546.59 thousand metric tons of corn output. (Tables 4 and 5)

4. Of the total area of 644.85 thousand hectares of standing corn yet to be harvested as of 01 August 2024, about 6.9 percent were at the vegetative stage, 59.9 percent at the reproductive stage, and 33.1 percent at the maturing stage. (Figure 4 and Table 6)

Figure 4. Area of Standing Corn by Stage of    
Development as of 01 August 2024

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