Farmers Should Start Wheat Cultivation From Oct 15
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published October 13, 2018 | 07:10 PM
The agriculture scientists have advised farmers to start wheat cultivation in arid areas from October 15 to get better production.
FAISALABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Oct, 2018 ) :The agriculture scientists have advised farmers to start wheat cultivation in arid areas from October 15 to get better production.
According to a spokesman for the Agriculture Department, in the arid areas, farmers should cultivate approved varieties like Chakwal-50, NARC-2009, PARC-2009, Dharabi-2011 and Pakistan-2013, while in irrigated areas, the wheat varieties like Sehar-2006, Lasani-2008, Faisalabad-2008, AARI-2011, Punjab-2011, Millat-2011, NARC-2011, Shafaq-2006, Fareed-2006, Meraj-2008 and Aas-2011 should be cultivated from November 1.
Farmers should use seed graders before cultivating wheat so that healthy and quality seed could be sown as quality seed plays pivotal role in getting bumper yield, he added.
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