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Wheat harvesting starts in Pindi division
Islamabad
 The
farmers have started harvesting their wheat crop in the
Rawalpindi division amid big hopes of high yield.
The continuous spells of rains have delayed the harvesting
season for few days but now it is in full swing. Almost all
the farmers busy
in harvesting when asked by this scribe about the prospect
of yield were of the view that it would be better than the
past year.
Fazal Mehmood, a small farmer in an adjoining village of
Rawalpindi, said that he has two acres of land under his
possession and last
time he produced 30 monds of wheat in this piece of land. He
said that due to sufficient amount of rains the plants as
well as the grain
are very healthy and his yield may rise up to 50 mounds this
year.
Abdul Rauf, a farmer in a village near Hassanabdal, was of
the opinion that crop if compared to the previous year is
very healthy and of
course the yield would be better. He however prayed that no
natural calamity like hail storm and excessive rain spells
takes place
during the next 10 days so that the farmers could complete
the process of harvesting and threshing.
Ali Asghar, a middle class farmer, complained that there was
shortfall of fertilizers during the grain-forming period of
the wheat crop but
still the crop is very healthy.
The unrestricted availability of fertilizer at that
particular period would have increased the yield, he added.
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Courtesy: The NEWS
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Pakissan.com;
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