Paddy: Faisalabad to produce 48,000 tons

FAISALABAD: The Agriculture Department has set the paddy crop sowing target at 67,746 acres and production at 48,189 tons in Faisalabad. A spokesman for the department told the media on Monday that supply of paddy seedlings to farmers had begun across Punjab which would be completed by the first week of July. The Punjab government has fixed the paddy sowing target at 4.49 million acres in the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 14^th, 2011.