STAFF REPORT IBD: The farmers should irrigate the early sown wheat crops as per need keeping in view the dry spell in the country’s most agricultural plains, the Met office advised.
It says in its ten-day farmer advisory that the wheat crop is developing in the country and urged the growers to remove weeds from the standing crops to scale down losses in the yield.
It says, “Weeds consume considerable moisture and food from the field. As a result considerable loss in yield occurs every year.”
It advises the farmers to use either weedicides or remove the weeds manually.