Jammu Tawi, July 2: On the lines to Border Area Sowing of Wheat during Rabi 2022-23 along Indo-Pak International Border, the Jammu and Kashmir Agriculture Department on Sunday started the sowing for Kharif 2023 in Hiranagar belt of Kathua district. As per the official communique, Abhinandan Sharma, DDC Member, Hiranagar in presence of Sanjeev Rai
Farmers in the nation’s heartland are dealing with a severe drought that has the potential to lead to the smallest wheat crop since the 1960s, according to estimates from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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bill: there is a relentless drought reaching havoc in the nation s heartland especially in the state of kansas known as the bread basket of america. experts predict a major drop in wheat production this year and maybe into the fall as well as farmer try to save their crop. kent is one of those farmers with me now. good morning to you. i think you needed some of that west coast rain they were getting over the wintertime. you did not get it. what are you up against now, ken? okay, bill, good to be with you this morning. right now we are trying to just stabilize what s left of our wheat crop. i am looking at a potential harvest of 1-third to one half of my normal yield here. we did not receive wintertime or springtime rain. there is no subsoil moisture right now. that has put this wheat crop in a bind and putting our fall crops at risk. such as corn, soybeans and grain
fall crop, double crop such as grain sorgum. bill: i learn a lot from you, ken. appreciate it. not just right now in the summertime. if you don t improving our situation, your fall crops like corn are in danger as well. how are we going to deal with that? well, right now my situation right here where i am sitting, i received three inches of rain in the last 2 or 3 weeks and it has been a godsend. it stabilized what s left of my wheat crop and given me a little hope for the fall crops. you know, bill, my anology is the home team just kicked a field goal at the end of regulation. now we re in overtime. we don t know how this will end but we re still in the ballgame. bill: i hope you win. got to believe there is a lot of anxiety among a lot of farmers in that part of the country. last comment on that? yes, anxiety is a big thing, frustration and worry. a lot of folks have debt service