RECORDER REPORT

KARACHI: The Met Office on Monday warned the farmers of a considerable yield loss from outgrown weeds in standing crops, asking them to devise a plan to remove the unneeded plants at earliest.

It said that the weeds utilize soil moisture and food, which crops need mainly, causing a considerable production loss every year. Keeping in view the existing weather pattern, it also advised the growers to chalk out a plan to irrigate their crops.

It also urged the farmers of rain-crop areas to complete sowing of Rabi season cultivations to allow the seeds attain maximum moisture left by the recent rains for a better agriculture growth. Winds may blow at a normal speed all across the agriculture plans of the country while Southern Punjab and Upper Sindh may receive dust-storm over the next 10 days.

Temperature at night may drop slightly by 1 to 2 degrees but during the day it is likely to remain slightly normal in the most parts of the country over the period. Light to moderate rain and snowfall over the hills are expected in the Upper parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan while light rain and snowfall in parts of Balochistan. Cold and dry weather is likely to prevail in Punjab and Sindh till Dec 10.