SRA sprays insecticides on Negros Occidental fields to stop infestation

BACOLOD CITY — The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) has intensified efforts to prevent further spread of red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) infestation in Negros Occidental, where sugarcane fields in at least 150 villages have already been affected as of Monday.

In an interview, SRA Board farmers’ representative David Andrew Sanson said they have purchased insecticides for ...