(Filed by IFM Dagupan News)

 

El Niño lowers rivers’ water level in Pangasinan 

DESPITE isolated thunderstorms during afternoons and early evenings in various parts in the province, the level of water in rivers of Pangasinan continues to dip due to the current heat wave spurred by the El Niño phenomenon.

The Agno River Basin Flood Forecasting and Warning Center (ARBFFWC), said the level of water of the Agno, Sinucalan and Cayanga Rivers, all of which are draining into Pangasinan, are now much lower than before the advent of El Niño.  ARBFFWC Senior Weather Specialist Greg de Vera II, however, said despite the decreased level of water of the upstream portions of these rivers, their downstream portions are not yet drying out. (Mathew Pacheco)

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Only 4 Pangasinan towns are ASF-affected 

THE number of African Swine Fever-affected towns in Pangasinan was down to four in April from seven in March, based on the data released by the National ASF Prevention and Control Center, namely, Anda, Bolinao, Sual and Urbiztondo. All these towns are under the Red Zone of ASF. Meanwhile, Mangatarem and Alaminos City dropped by one Buffer Zone and joined 19 other towns in the Pink Zone. Twenty-one other towns are under the yellow zone.

Those under the Red Zone are still recording positive cases of ASF while those under the Pink Zone are towns and cities that did not register ASF for the last 90 days; and those under yellow zone are those that did not register any positive ASF for the last 120 days. (Jam Victorio)

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Pangasinan has most number of drug-cleared villages 

PANGASINAN maintains the lead in Region 1 with the most number of drug-cleared barangays, Ritchie Camacho, provincial director of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA), said.

To date, there are 2,610 barangays in Region 1 that are drug-cleared, equivalent to 70.89 percent of the total barangays in the region. To date, only 319 barangays in the region remained drug-affected. Of total 2,610 barangays in Region 1 that are already drugs-cleared, 1,165 of these are in Pangasinan, 317 in Ilocos Sur; 468 in La Union; and 460 in Ilocos Norte. (Jam Victorio)

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Egg oversupply in Pangasinan continues 

THE continuous oversupply of eggs could be either bane or boon to the province of Pangasinan.

Bane because of the cheaper cost of eggs in the market prevent producers to recover the huge costs they spent for their poultry farms operations, i.e., high cost of feeds and maintenance; a boon because consumers are able to buy eggs priced from P10 per piece and below.

The Samahan ng Industrya ng Agrikultura said the excessive heat of summer, poultry farms are laying smaller eggs, thus are priced cheaper than the bigger ones that were produced months back. (Mathew Pacheco)

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 Heart stroke affects chicken in captivity too 

THE Office of the Provincial Veterinarian confirmed that chicken raised in the backyard are dying due to heat stroke spawned by the excessive heat of summer.

OPVet Officer-in-charge Dr. Araceli Robeniol said chicken being raised in big poultry farms are safer because they are raised in well-ventilated environments. She urged backyard chicken raisers to regularly provide their chicken with clean drinking water to lessen the heat in their body and be safe from heat stroke. Chicken afflicted with heat stroke suddenly collapse and die. (Mathew Pacheco)

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Abundant galunggong pushes price down 

THE Samahang Industriya ng Agrikultura noted that for two weeks now, the price of galunghgong was down from P200 per kilo to P170 per kilo because of the stable supply of the fish.

Tinapa makers are happy with the stable supply and cheaper price of galunggong means bigger profit for them. However, SINAG said the low price of galunggong fish may last only till next month. (Mathew Pacheco)

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Chicken meat price back to normal in Dagupan 

THE price of chicken meat in the public market of Dagupan was back to its normal level last week at P180 per kilo. This after the price of chicken meat plunged to P150 per kilo. Chicken meat vendors, however, said the price of the commodity was lower when bought outside the Malimgas Public Market.

In the case of pork, one can buy it in Jovellnos Road and Galvan Street at P320 per kilo. Inside the Malimgas, pork was  sold at P340 per kilo. (Rona Racca)

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