COLD STORAGE FACILITY. Department of Agriculture Executive Regional Director Crispulo G. Bautista Jr. delivers his message during the turnover ceremony of a PHP20-million onion cold storage facility to the Sapang Multi-Purpose Cooperative in Barangay Ablang Sapang, Moncada, Tarlac on Wednesday (March 16, 2022). The facility can store 10,000 bags of dry bulb onions and prolong their shelf life for six to eight months. (Photo courtesy of DA-3) CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga - Onion farmers in Barangay Ablang Sapang, Moncada, Tarlac stand to benefit from a cold storage facility project of the Department of Agriculture (DA). The DA Regional Field Office 3 on Wednesday formally turned over the PHP20-million facility to the Sapang Multi-Purpose Cooperative, one of the groups that participated in an expansion project of the agency's High-Value Crops Development Program for onion. DA Executive Regional Director Crispulo G. Bautista Jr. said the project intends to increase the price of bulb