MULTAN: Agriculture experts have underlined the need to remove weeds from cotton fields to overcome post-rain hazards. In a statement issued by the media liaison unit of the Punjab agriculture department here Wednesday, experts said that recent monsoon rains have triggered growth of weeds which must be removed to preserve the crop quality. Agriculture information assistant director Naveed Asmat Kahlon also laid stress on picking clean cotton to enable farmers to get a good price. He said that picking of early sown cotton must be conducted in short intervals so that rain-affected fibre can be sold separately. Cotton Punjab Director Dr Sagheer Ahmad said that record cotton production is expected this year despite a reduction in the cotton sown area but farmers need to be remain cautious.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2016.
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