‘Egay’ damage to farms balloons to P512.9 million

Agriculture damage wrought by Typhoon EgayPH has ballooned to P512.9 million as of Friday, from only P62 million previously reported even as the typhoon already exited the Philippine area of responsibility, the DA said. | jordeenelagare /PDI

Corn took the biggest hit with P358.4 million, accounting for more than half of the total losses. The volume loss is pegged at 14,990 MT covering 39,825 hectares.

The sectors hit due to the typhoon, which ravaged certain parts of the country in the last few days, was higher than the P53.1 million recorded on Thursday wherein 2,303 farmers and fishers were affected at that time. In Metro Manila, locally produced rice is priced at P37 to P60 per kilogram as of Friday, slightly lower than P38 to P50 per kg in the same period a year ago, according to the DA’s price monitoring.

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