Punjab, holding a substantial 76% share in total wheat sowing, achieved an outstanding 109% of its set targets In a significant agricultural development, wheat sowing for the Rabi season 2023-24…
Soybean, (Glycine max), also called soja bean or soya bean, annual legume of the pea family (Fabaceae) and its edible seed. It is native of East Asia. Soybean, (Glycine max),…
For the fiscal year 2022–2023, the government sought to sow wheat on 22.85 million acres nationwide, including 16.48 million acres in Punjab, according to official data. Given that the Met…
A new machine wheat sowing has been introduced by the Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC) to help farmers cultivate wheat in rice field easily. The machine was named Pak seeder,…
In Latin “Pulse” means “dried seed”, an excellent source of protein. Compared to flash of animal meat as protein source “Pulses” are cheap source of protein for human being. Pulses…
STAFF REPORT FSD: Vice Chancellor of University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (UAF), Prof. (Dr) Iqrar Ahmad Khan, has said that as many as 6.8 million hectares of land…
STAFF REPORT IBD: Pakistan is likely to miss wheat production target of 25 million tons set for 2013-2014 as growers have reduced the area under wheat cultivation following the…
STAFF REPORT FBD: Punjab’s agricultural areas now face a severe water shortage due to the late melting of the Himalayan glaciers - a main source of the region’s rivers, delaying…
STAFF REPORT LHR: The cotton sowing target is likely to be missed as cotton over 1.2 million acres has so far been sown against the target of 6.2 million acres…
STAFF REPORT LHR: Pakistan is surely having less wheat production than in the last year, as the government has missed the wheat sowing target by 2 to 2.5 per cent…