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Kagman commercial farmers begin replanting
Farmers in the Kagman commercial plot, a large supplier to the Garapan Public Market, have begun replanting crops after Tropical Storm Bavi hit recently.
CNMI Farmer’s Cooperative secretary Isidoro Cabrera said the farmers are recovering what they have left.
Some 30 to 40 farmers grow crops around the Kagman commercial farm plot. A majority are members of the co-op, which runs the public market.
“There is still produce but there will be low production this week and next week,” Cabrera said. “It’s going to start picking up next week and the following.”
Cabrera said the market still has some produce, minus Chinese cabbage and string beans. Tomatoes and eggplants are still coming in but no leafy vegetables, he said.
Cucumbers, which are very susceptible to rain damage, he said, are also running short. “It’ll be coming back. In one or two weeks, it’ll be back to normal,” he said.
In related news, Cabrera said they going to sell animal, poultry, and pig feeds starting this week or next.
He said farmers mostly use the feed but anybody can come and buy, for their fighting cocks or piggeries, for example.
