Farmers advised to test agri lands chemically

DASKA - The advanced agricultural research and technology experts have stressed upon the growers and farmers to conducts the chemical tests of the soil of their agricultural land to know the actual quantity of the land fertility before sowing any seasonal crop, as these tests have now become vital for getting the maximum per acre yield of the seasonal crops. They said that the chemical tests of the soil of the fields is the neglected segments as the farmers and growers have never bothered to get their agri lands tested due to lacked awareness about the advanced agricultural research and technologies.

They stated this while addressing a day-long agricultural seminar on “the balanced use of bio fertilizers” held at Sialkot.

Sialkot DCO Capt. (Rtd) Atta Muhammad Khan, Sialkot EDO (Agriculture) Ehsan Ahmad Leghari and the progressive cultivators and farmers from both neighbouring Sialkot and Narowal districts also attended the seminar.