WIRE — THE Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said 233.42 hectares (ha) planted to sugarcane on Luzon were infested by the red-striped soft scale insect this year, down 85.2% from a year earlier. The infestation was detected on 151 ha of Batangas farmland, followed by Tarlac (60.42 ha), Camarines Sur (13 ha), and Isabela (9 ha). SRA officials
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