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The Met Office on Tuesday asked the farmers to step up with proper precautions while plucking cotton to ensure the quality of production since the high-standard output fetches a better return. The poorly plucked cotton is treated as a filthy output that finds a lower price on the market, it cautioned the farmers. "Use proper precautions during picking of cotton because the cost of good and clean quality cotton is high than that of the filthy one," it added.
Growers should make plans to irrigate corps keeping in view the light-rainy weather in until Oct 31, it said, adding that farmers should also remove weeds from their fields to help attain a better production. "Removing weeds from the standing crops is very important as weeds utilize moisture and food which are to be utilized by the crop," it said.
The daytime temperature in the most parts of the country is expected to remain slightly normal but the nighttime may stay below normal in the most of agriculture plains over the forecast period. Normal wind is likely to blow in the most of the agricultural plains of the country with a chance of sandstorms in southern Punjab and Upper Sindh.
Weather in Punjab and Sindh are expected to remain dry until Oct 31. However scattered light rainfall in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Gilgit-Baltistan and Kashmir over the period. It forecast mainly dry weather is expected in the most parts of the country in the next 24 hours with and isolated rain-thunderstorm is expected in Kalat and Makran Divisions.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2018

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