CALASIAO, Pangasinan – La Union province reported P11.1 million in farm damages due to the combined effects of tropical cyclones Luis and Maymay and the monsoon. The damaged areas covered 472 hectares of high-value crops and rice, as well as fish farms. They are located in the municipalities of Agoo, Bauang, Pugo, Bagulin, Naguilian and San Gabriel, according to the provincial government. Days of poor weather cost farmers palay losses of P946,846; P2,030,745 in damaged fruits; P7,548,236 in vegetables; rootcrop losses at P2,600; P295,110 in fishery losses, and irrigation damages worth P300,000. READ: 6 dead as Maymay triggers landslides, floods in […]...Keep on reading: La Union suffers P11.1M in farm damages due to storms