FARM MECHANIZATION. Members of the Hacienda Cadaanan Farmer's Association Inc. in Barangay Lubnac, Vintar, Ilocos Norte receive their brand new four-wheel tractor from the local government on Thursday (April 7, 2022). The provincial government handed out 15 units of hand tractors, and six units of four-wheel tractors to boost farmers' productivity and food security in the province. (PNA photo by Leilanie G. Adriano) LAOAG CITY - The Ilocos Norte government on Thursday turned over 21 tractors to farmer associations in the province's first district, the budget of which came from the province's share of the tobacco excise tax. Efren Molina of Barangay Malampa, Vintar, Ilocos Norte said the farm machinery came after he and his fellow members of the Marabanos West Sanjera Farmers Association Inc. previously wrote a letter to Governor Matthew Joseph Manotoc, requesting a four-wheel-drive (4WD) tractor. "We never thought it would come early this way," Molina said, ci