Sugarcane killer spreads across Bukidnon

MARAMAG, Bukidnon — Sugarcane farmers in Bukidnon and neighboring provinces are on heightened alert as a rapidly spreading infestation of the red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) threatens to ravage the region’s sugar industry.

The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) reported that RSSI-infested sugarcane areas in Bukidnon increased from 30 hectares in Kitaotao on June 17 to ...