Agricultural production increased 2.9% year-on-year in the second quarter year due to gains in crop, livestock, poultry, and fisheries output, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said. Crop output, which accounted for 55% of the total value of agricultural production, grew 1.6% to P248.90 billion in the second quarter. Palay (unmilled rice) and corn posted improvements in total value of 5.7% and 0.8% respectively. Livestock production, which accounted for 13.7% of overall production, grew 3.6% to P61.83 billion in the second quarter. Poultry, which accounted for 17.7% of total farm output, jumped 6.3% in the second quarter to P79.84 billion.