Read this in The Manila Times digital edition.

Photo shows part of the agricultural machines, like Massey Ferguson farm tractors, distributed last October by the Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) in Ormoc, Leyte to farmer beneficiaries under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Mechanization Program. PHOTO FROM PHILMECH FACEBOOK PAGE THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PHilMech) recently held a major distribution of P439.8 million worth of farm machines to qualified farmers' cooperatives and associations (FCAs) from 38 municipalities and cities in Leyte.

In a statement on Thursday, PhilMech said the machines comprised of four-wheel tractors, hand tractors, floating tillers, PTO-driven disc plow/harrow, precision rice seeder, walk-behind type rice transplanter, riding type rice transplanter, rice reaper, rice combine harvester, recirculating dryer, single pass rice mill, and destoner.