Farmers to start sowing ‘golden grain’

Agriculture department told that farmers in arid areas should only cultivate approved varieties of wheat

FAISALABAD:

Agriculture scientists advised wheat farmers to start cultivation at the start of November to ensure better production. A spokesman for the agriculture department told the media on Tuesday that farmers in arid areas should only cultivate approved varieties of wheat like Chakwal-50, NARC-2009, PARC-2009, Dharabi-2011 and Pakistan-2013.

However in irrigated areas, wheat varieties including Sehar-2006, Galaxy-2013, NN Gandum-I-2016, Johar-2016, Anaj-2017, 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.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, November 1^st, 2023.