Farmers told about on-time sowing Kharif crops benefits

The Met Office has asked the farmers of upper half of the country to finish sowing of Kharif crops on time in a bid to utilise fully the present soil moisture especially maize crop in rain-dependent areas. It warned that pest and viral attacks were expected to strike cotton and sugarcane crops during hot and humid monsoon conditions. It said farmers should bevery careful and take timely precautionary measures to avoid yield loss.It said farmers obtaining crop water through tube wells should schedule irrigation as per weather conditions. The Met Office also asked the farmers to control further weeds growth to stop any negative impact over the crops. Weeds removing practices should be started soon after expected rains.Farmers should take timely precautionary measures to protect their crops, livestock and other property from any heavy rains. Farmers of cotton belt should be aware of the adverse effects of stagnant water in the fields, it said. In Punjab, rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha and Faisalabad till September 3.In Sindh, light rainfall is expected at isolated places including Hyderabad, Karachi, Mirpurkhas and Larkana Divisions till September 10. Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the province with a possibility of light rain alongcoastal belt. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, rain-thunderstorm is expected at scattered places in Mardan, Malakand, Hazara and Peshawar Division till September 3. In Balochistan: Mainly hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the province. In Gilgit-Baltistan, rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places in its most parts. In Kashmir, rain-thunderstorm is expected at isolated places including Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Neelum and Rawalakot.News SourceNews Collated byPAKISSAN.comCourtesy www.brecorder.com