THE El Niño weather pattern has caused P717,500 in initial damage at the start of the rice planting season, the Department of Agriculture (DA) said on Thursday.

The department's first El Niño bulletin also said that dry spells had so far affected 22.3 hectares of rice fields. The figures are expected to increase as more data is collected, it added.

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