Eggs go for sale in a market in Manila on January 17, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file

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Michael Delizo

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<div><span dir="ltr" id="isPasted"></span></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:950px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/171300060023920230117-eggs-market-MD-6.jpg" style="width:950px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt=" Eggs go for sale in a market in Manila on January 17, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none"> Eggs go for sale in a market in Manila on January 17, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News/file</em></span><em> </em></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Egg production in the municipality of San Jose in Batangas province fell by about 10 percent due to the El Niño, a group of producers said Saturday.</p><p>Michael Lescano, chairperson of the Batangas Egg Producers Multipurpose Cooperative, said the hot and humid weather conditions are affecting the poultry performance.</p><div> <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/2024/3/19/agricultural-damage-due-to-el-ni-o-reaches-p1-75-billion-1403" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Agricultural damage due to El Niño reaches P1.75 billion </a></div><p> “Ang laki ng epekto talaga ‘pag ganitong mainit ang panahon dahil very stressed ang ating mga manok,” Lescano told Teleradyo Serbisyo in a telephone interview.</p><p>“Kung kaya ang produksyon namin ay nababa dahil hindi makatuka nang ayos ang ating manok so ang tendency niyan ay hindi agad makapangitlog,” he added.</p><p>San Jose town, dubbed as “egg basket of the Philippines,” usually produces 10 million eggs a day and provides supplies to Calabarzon and Metro Manila regions and other parts of Visayas and Mindanao, according to Lescano.</p><div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/16/24/ph-loses-30-pct-of-vegetable-produce-to-wastage-da-chief" id="isPasted" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">PH loses 30 pct of vegetable produce to wastage: DA chief </a></div><p>Lescano, however, clarified the supply of eggs remains stable and there has been no increase in farmgate prices.</p>

<p>Egg production in the municipality of San Jose in Batangas province fell by about 10 percent due to the El Niño, a group of producers said Saturday.</p>

Egg production in the municipality of San Jose in Batangas province fell by about 10 percent due to the El Niño, a group of producers said Saturday.

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Egg production in San Jose, Batangas down due to El Niño

Egg production in San Jose, Batangas down due to El Niño

Michael Delizo,

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Published Apr 13, 2024 05:30 PM PHT

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