Rains dampen earnings of Benguet veggie farmers

BAGUIO CITY— Vegetables were dumped along a roadside in Benguet province on Sunday, but that may not be an isolated case of farmers giving up on their harvests. Prolonged rains, days of long queues at La Trinidad Vegetable Trading Post and rock-bottom prices are now forcing growers to harvest prematurely and risk losing even more

By mmercado