Rodents Destroy Crops in Toledo

A San Miguel Village resident in the Toledo District took to Facebook to say that rodents have been destroying his crop.

Ray Cal said that “RODENTS…small brown rats are just everywhere!”

He described the situation as a “strange and sad scenario” and added that “if they do not dig the fresh corn seeds, they uproot the young corn shoots to consume the seeds.”

He said that the infestation has destroyed both planted seeds and young corn shoots. Even pumpkin plants are being chewed at the stems.

“The weather pattern has definitely changed. Farmers are very cautious utilising fire to burn their fields, so most of us planted in the chopped vegetation debris. This particular season, though, is unlike what we have ever seen,” Cal added.

Meanwhile, in the north, cane farmers are battling a fast-spreading fungus that has infected vast acres of sugarcane, pushing the industry into what stakeholders are now calling a full-blown agricultural crisis.