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Benguet farmers see 'minimal' losses due to frost-affected crops

FROST PHENOMENON. The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Region said farmers have learned how to manage the frost phenomenon. Frost affects vegetable crops yearly in elevated areas when the temperature drops during the months of December, January and February. (PNA file photo by Liza T. Agoot) BAGUIO CITY - Benguet farmers are not expecting huge losses from crop damage as a result of frost. The Department of Agriculture in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DA-CAR) said this is because vegetable farmers have mastered the system to avoid frost from damaging plants during the cold months of the year. "Frost has been there even when the present farmers were not yet born and they have learned to adapt to it. The farmers' practice relative to the situation is to sprinkle the frost-affected crops with water using either rain burst or power sprayers to get rid of the icy water before the sunlight reaches the crops," the DA-CAR said in a press release shared with the ....

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