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LOOK: Frost-covered vegetables in Benguet as temperature falls below 0

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Mae Cornes, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/16/veggies-benguet-3.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Frost covers vegetables in chilly Benguet.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>BENGUET- Farmers in Paoay, Atok, Benguet woke up to their fields covered in thick frost.</p><p>According to Mayor Peter Alos of the town of Atok, they have been experiencing frost or &quot;andap&quot; since Monday.</p><p>In Baguio, the recorded temperature on February 14 was 7.3 degrees Celsius--the lowest temperature in the city in the last 30 years.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/16/veggies-benguet-1.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Frost covers vegetables in chilly Benguet.</div></figcaption></figure></div><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/16/veggies-benguet-2.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Frost covers vegetables in chilly Benguet.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>But in some parts of Benguet like Atok, the temperature is even lower than in Baguio City because the town’s elevation is higher.</p><p>It was minus-2 degrees Celsius in Atok on Wednesday and Thursday.</p><p>&quot;Makapal yung andap, pero hindi naman sa bandang mountain, yung malalapit sa ilog,&quot; Alos said.</p><p>(The frost is thick but not along the mountainside. It is thick near the river.)</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/16/veggies-benguet-5.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Frost covers vegetables in chilly Benguet.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Aside from Paoay, a barangay in Atok town, some sitios in Madaymen, Kibungan are also experiencing frost.</p><p>Although some vegetables have been damaged, especially cabbage and potatoes, the frost has not affected the supply nor the prices of vegetables from Benguet.</p><p>The farmers have been able to minimize the damage just by watering their fields in the morning.</p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/news/02/16/veggies-benguet-6.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Frost covers vegetables in chilly Benguet.</div></figcaption></figure></div><p>Farmers have also asked their retailers, especially in Manila, not to take advantage of the situation by increasing prices.</p><p>&quot;Sa 100 percent na supply ng gulay sa Benguet, wala pang 1 percent yung affected,&quot; Agot Balanoy, manager of Benguet Farmers Marketing Cooperative, said.</p><p>As of Thursday, prices of vegetables from Benguet were still normal.</p><p>Cabbage was priced at around P13 to P17 per kilo, while potatoes cost between P20 to P26 per kilo.</p><p>Wombok or Chinese cabbage, on the other hand, was at P3 to P6 per kilo, and carrots at P30 to P60 per kilo.</p>

<p>BENGUET- Farmers in Paoay, Atok, Benguet woke up to their fields covered in thick frost.</p>

BENGUET- Farmers in Paoay, Atok, Benguet woke up to their fields covered in thick frost.

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LOOK: Frost-covered vegetables in Benguet as temperature falls below 0

Mae Cornes,

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Published Feb 16, 2017 08:40 PM PHT

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