DEKAD NO. 14 11 – 20 May 2022
During the start of the dekad, Mindanao will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to ITCZ while the rest of the archipelago will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Visayas and Mindanao will continue to experience cloudiness with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms as the low pressure area will likely traverse over the eastern coasts of the country. During the second half of the dekad, extreme Northern Luzon and Ilocos Region will experience cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms brought by frontal system. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers and thunderstorms.
Winds coming from east to southeast will likely prevail over the whole country throughout the forecast period.
Moderate to rough seas will be experienced over the extreme Northern Luzon during the second part of the dekad while slight to moderate seas will dominate the whole archipelago throughout the forecast period.
ENSO Alert System Status: La Niña Advisory #8
La Niña has slightly strengthened and is likely to continue until June-August 2022 season (59% chance), with a 50-55% of La Niña to continue thereafter
Nueva Ecija FCAs receive P142.5 M machineries from RCEF
On 06 May 2022, a total of P 142.5 million-worth of farm machineries were received by 71 farmers cooperatives and association (FCAs) in Nueva Ecija. These farm machineries includes four-wheel tractors, hand tractors, precision seeders, walk-behind and riding-type transplanters, reapers, rice combine harvesters, and mobile dryers. Under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund’s (RCEF) Mechanization, farmers benefitted from reduced production costs and post harvest losses and improve rice production in the country.
FROM PANAY NEWS: Region 6 research center grows off-season veggies
Off-season high-value vegetables such as bell pepper, tomato, and mushroom is grown in 10 Smart Greenhouses at the government’s Western Visayas Integrated Agricultural Research Center (WESVIARC) in Barangay Hamungaya, Jaro district. Last 25 April, transplanting of 1,445 tomatoes and 775 paprika seedlings were being done by the researchers.
For full article visit the page at * https://www.da.gov.ph/category/news

Region 1 Ilocos Region
Forecast Rainfall (mm):
25 – 100
Rainy Days (0.1mm or more):
4 – 6
Actual Soil Moisture Condition:
Moist -Pangasinan; Dry - rest of the region
Range of Relative Humidity (%):
50 – 95
Min - Max Temperature (°C):
24 – 34

Crop Phenology, Situation and Farm Activities:
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