Dry spell facing 6,000 hectares of farmlands in Bohol

TAGBILARAN CITY, Bohol - Farmer Zosimo Perocho has been praying for rain. Perocho, 60, was worried that the lack of rainwater would eventually kill his palay seedlings that had started to turn yellow. While it had rained in Pilar town, he added, it was too short for the water to seep through the soil. "If walay uwan masunog na ni padung (If there is no rain, our crop will be wasted," he said. Perocho said palay seedlings had started to turn yellowish and their fields had dried up due to lack of water. If it does not rain, Perocho said he would not have a good harvest by October. Last year, his small farm yielded 80 sacks of rice. Farmers have been complaining of lac...

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