No Need for Cloud Seeding – Lacson
GILBERT P. BAYORAN – Published on: 06/26/2024
With the abundance of rains in southern Negros Occidental, which was badly hit by drought in the past several months, Governor Eugenio Jose Lacson yesterday said it appears that there is no need for cloud seeding operations, for now.
But it still remains an option, he added.
In his talks with people in southern Negros, Lacson said they were already happy of the abundance of rain in their areas.
However, after the drought and subsequent rains, seven local government units in southern Negros have been hit by pest infestations.
Based on reports of the Office of the Provincial Agriculturists, a total of 296.4 hectares of sugarcane plantations and cornfields in Himamaylan City, Isabela, Binalbagan, Moises Padilla, Ilog, Kabankalan City, and La Castellana, were damaged by armyworms, affecting 381 farmers, as of June 21.