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Committee asks farmers' association for district‑level damage data and extends submission deadline
Summary
The Senate committee directed the Asociación de Agricultores to submit more detailed, district‑level data on damages and investments; the chair initially set a ten‑day calendar and later agreed to an extension to allow consolidation by Nov. 21.
During the public hearing, committee leadership instructed the Asociación de Agricultores de Puerto Rico to provide a more granular accounting of damages and investments resulting from power interruptions. The chair granted ten calendar days for the submission; association leaders said their board would meet on Nov. 21 and requested additional time to consolidate sector reports, and the committee agreed to the extension.
The requested submission was to include by‑product and by‑district counts of affected producers, percentages of product loss and estimates of equipment and other damage to guide the committee's ongoing investigation and potential policy responses. No formal vote was recorded; the direction was issued by the committee chair as part of hearing proceedings.
