Agricultural losses due to rain hit NT$40.85 million

Agricultural losses caused by heavy mid-Junerain around Taiwan had amounted to NT$87.96 million (US$2.89 million) as of yesterday, according to the Agriculture and Food Agency under the Cabinet level Council of Agriculture (COA).

A total of 29 percent of crops on 2,044 hectares of farmland have been destroyed by the rain, with the hardest-hit products listed as watermelon, leafy vegetables and feed corn, the agency said.

The hardest hit region has been Pingtung County, which has suffered losses amounting to NT$40.85 million, followed by Miaoli County at NT$14.31 million, Tainan City at NT$13.62 million, Kaohsiung County at NT$7.04 million, Taichung County at NT$3.74 million, Taitung County at NT$3.48 million, Tainan County at NT$3.41 million and Hsinchu County at NT$1.47 million, according to COA tallies.