Favorable weather conditions will drive corn production this year to reach 7.6 million metric tons (MMT), 5.26 percent higher than the 2016 record of 7.22 MMT. Corn production would have been higher if some farmers did not shift to planting other crops, such as pineapple and cacao, because of low corn prices. Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) had projected that corn output for 2017 would reach 8.01 MMT.