After the two successive typhoons, five regions in Luzon suffered agricultural farm losses of over P15 billion, it was learned from the Department of Agriculture's Central Action Center (DA-CAC) Monday.

Agriculture officials stated that typhoon “Pepeng” caused P3.2 billion in damages in the Cordillera and Ilocos Region, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, and Bicol.

The DA head office reported that rice losses due to Pepeng amounted to P3 billion, with 164,259 tons of palay lost in 126,603 hectares of farms, while corn losses amounted to P207 million with 15,528 tons lost in 7,960 hectares.

The reports also showed that around 20,686 tons of high-value commercial crops, consisting of mostly of vegetables, bananas and assorted fruit trees were lost in 3,740 hectares of land. Damage was placed at about P196 million.

Likewise, the two-week continues heavy rains brought about by tropical storm Ondoy resulted in damages to farmlands in Luzon. The report said farmland losses reached about P6.8 billion and rice losses amounted to P5.4 billion, with 313,477 tons of grain lost in 185,763 hectares of land.

Corn losses amounted to P65 million, with 2,939 tons lost in 3,123 hectares.

The agriculture official also said that about P141 million worth of high-value commercial crops such as vegetables and fruits, like mango, banana, and papaya, were lost. Some 14,149 tons of high value crops were lost in 2,146 hectares of land in Luzon.

However, fisheries loss was worth P211 million.

Equipment such as boats, gillnets, fish traps, squid jiggers, and others worth around P3 million were also damaged.

Likewise, the livestock and poultry sector lost a total of P41 million with the death or loss of about 12,530 heads of livestock (cattle, carabaos, horse, swine, and sheep) and 84,221 heads of poultry.

In addition, facilities like poultry houses, pig pens worth P1.3 million were destroyed.