Agriculture
- Diseases Following Fresh Rainy Spell
The Met Office on Tuesday advised farmers to ensure field sanitation and prophylactic fungicidal sprays to safeguard the standing crops from diseases following the fresh rainy spell. "Weeds are expected to shoot in excess after the rains. Farmers...
- Rabi Crops May Suffer From Water Stress Conditions
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- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Farmers Asked To Keep Fields Clear Of Foliage
Plants, trees, wheat and other crops of the seasons have begun dropping off their leaves, as the Met office on Monday asked the farmers to collect the decaying foliages to help the standing crops go growing unharmed. "Falling of leaves has started from...
- Met Office Issues Advisory For Farmers
The farmers of rain-fed areas should sow Rabi crops from November 1 to November 10 to get an optimum yield, the Met Office said on Monday in its 10-day advisory for growers. "After this time the yield of wheat crop will decreases gradually," it warned,...
Agriculture
Farmers advised to complete wheat sowing before December 15
The Meteorological Department has advised farmers of irrigated plains of Punjab, Sindh, KP to complete sowing of wheat crop before 15 December to get maximum yield. In case of late sowing in December, the recommended varieties should be cultivated to minimise the expected loss in yield. 
In its ten day (21st to 30th November) advisory for farmers, the Met Office said that wheat cultivation is completed in most of the Barani areas of the country. Farmers of Barani areas are advised to remove weeds from the fields, so that the present soil moisture may fully be utilised.
It said the wheat cultivation is in progress in most of the irrigated areas. Farmers should irrigate the crop as per requirement due to dry weather prevailing in most of the irrigated agricultural plains of the country. Normally first irrigation is given after 20-25 days after sowing.
Temperature forecast: day temperatures are expected to be normal but night temperature falls in most of the agricultural plains of the country during the decade.
Rain forecast: Punjab: Mainly dry/cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: mainly dry & cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade, however light rainfall (with light snowfall over the hills) is expected at isolated places in upper parts of the province during the first half of the decade.
Sindh: mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade.
Balochistan: mainly dry & cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade; however rainfall is expected at isolated places in south-western & north-eastern parts of the province during the first half of the decade.
Gilgit Baltistan: mainly dry/partly cloudy & very cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade; however light rainfall (with light snowfall over the hills) is expected at isolated places in GB during the first half of the decade.
Kashmir: mainly dry/partly cloudy & cold weather is expected in most parts of Kashmir during the decade; however light rainfall is expected at isolated places in Kashmir during the first half of the decade.
Wind forecast: normal wind pattern may prevail in most of the agricultural plains of the country during the decade.
In its ten day (21st to 30th November) advisory for farmers, the Met Office said that wheat cultivation is completed in most of the Barani areas of the country. Farmers of Barani areas are advised to remove weeds from the fields, so that the present soil moisture may fully be utilised.
It said the wheat cultivation is in progress in most of the irrigated areas. Farmers should irrigate the crop as per requirement due to dry weather prevailing in most of the irrigated agricultural plains of the country. Normally first irrigation is given after 20-25 days after sowing.
Temperature forecast: day temperatures are expected to be normal but night temperature falls in most of the agricultural plains of the country during the decade.
Rain forecast: Punjab: Mainly dry/cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: mainly dry & cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade, however light rainfall (with light snowfall over the hills) is expected at isolated places in upper parts of the province during the first half of the decade.
Sindh: mainly dry weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade.
Balochistan: mainly dry & cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade; however rainfall is expected at isolated places in south-western & north-eastern parts of the province during the first half of the decade.
Gilgit Baltistan: mainly dry/partly cloudy & very cold weather is expected in most parts of the province during the decade; however light rainfall (with light snowfall over the hills) is expected at isolated places in GB during the first half of the decade.
Kashmir: mainly dry/partly cloudy & cold weather is expected in most parts of Kashmir during the decade; however light rainfall is expected at isolated places in Kashmir during the first half of the decade.
Wind forecast: normal wind pattern may prevail in most of the agricultural plains of the country during the decade.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2013
- Diseases Following Fresh Rainy Spell
The Met Office on Tuesday advised farmers to ensure field sanitation and prophylactic fungicidal sprays to safeguard the standing crops from diseases following the fresh rainy spell. "Weeds are expected to shoot in excess after the rains. Farmers...
- Rabi Crops May Suffer From Water Stress Conditions
Meteorological department has forecast 30 percent less winter rain (January-March) and water stress conditions this year and advised the water managers to use the available water resources judiciously to meet the vital water requirements in the country....
- Wheat Sowing Over 85 Percent Area Completed In Punjab
Wheat sowing over 14 million acres has been completed in Punjab which is 85 percent of the targeted 16 million acres to produce 19 million tons of wheat during 2013-14 Rabi season, Director General Agriculture Extension Services Dr Anjum Ali told Business...
- Farmers Asked To Keep Fields Clear Of Foliage
Plants, trees, wheat and other crops of the seasons have begun dropping off their leaves, as the Met office on Monday asked the farmers to collect the decaying foliages to help the standing crops go growing unharmed. "Falling of leaves has started from...
- Met Office Issues Advisory For Farmers
The farmers of rain-fed areas should sow Rabi crops from November 1 to November 10 to get an optimum yield, the Met Office said on Monday in its 10-day advisory for growers. "After this time the yield of wheat crop will decreases gradually," it warned,...