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Cotton crop outlook bleak for Punjab

LAHORE: The outlook for the upcoming cotton crop season appears bleak due to unfavourable weather conditions, insufficient irrigation water, and the...

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Amjad Mahmood

Farmers threaten protests over wheat price stagnation

• Say CM Maryam fails to deliver on the agriculture front • Demand support price of Rs5,000 per 40kg to sustain growers’ interest LAHORE:...

06.04.2024 20

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Developing marginal lands

Out of 80 million hectares (mha) of land in Pakistan, around 41 mha is marginal or arid. Marginal land has little or no agricultural or industrial...

05.02.2024 20

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Output of 8.2m lint bales falls short of local needs

LAHORE: Pakistan has so far produced 8.2 million bales of cotton as both Punjab and Sindh provinces have had almost equal output during 2023-24. The...

19.01.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Bilawal shares his economic plan with businessmen

LAHORE: After the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, the Pakistan Peoples Party also sees Charter of Economy vital for stabilising the financial system of...

11.01.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton output totals 8.5m bales on Sindh’s record contribution

Pakistan is unlikely to achieve the 12.8m bales target despite 77pc surge in lint production so far.—Reuters/file LAHORE: Domestic cotton...

04.01.2024 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Pakistan eyes $10bn rice exports by 2028

LAHORE: The rice sector is eyeing to increase its exports to $10 billion over the next five years on the back of a regular increase in exp­o­rtable...

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Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton production crosses 8m bales after three years

LAHORE: Cotton arrivals crossed eight million bales on Dec 15, showing an increase of 63 per cent over and above the total production of the last crop...

19.12.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Ginners receive 81pc more bales than last year’s figure

LAHORE: The country has so far harvested over 7.7 million bales of cotton as Sindh produces almost equal to the total national lint production in the...

04.12.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Kabul raises customs duty on kinno by over 43pc

half of Pakistan’s total citrus-fruit exports are destined for Afghanistan.—APP/file LAHORE: The Afghan government imposed an exorbitant rate of...

01.12.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton production jumps 82pc

LAHORE: The cotton arrivals in ginning factories by Oct 31 across the country remained 82 per cent higher than the production of the crop for the same...

04.11.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton production surges to over 5 million bales

LAHORE: Cotton production by the end of September surpassed the total output of the crop recorded in the last season, reveals the data released by the...

04.10.2023 20

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Faulty refrigeration system blamed for UAE meat ban

LAHORE: A faulty refrigeration system of the shipping line has been blamed for the fungus detected in the fresh chilled meat shipment of a Pakistani...

22.09.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Tax the rich, not the poor, farmers tell govt

LAHORE: Farmers have asked the government to tax the rich instead of the poor to remove unjust burden on the people, particularly the farming...

19.09.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cotton output jumps despite pest attack

LAHORE: Notwithstanding the ongoing heatwave, poor picking and bugs attack, at least 0.9 million bales of raw cotton reached ginning factories during...

19.09.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Cluster spray unleashed against whitefly in cotton belt

RAJANPUR: Locals look on as drones are used to spray cotton crops in Hajipur tehsil to control whitefly infestation.—Dawn LAHORE: Worried by...

14.09.2023 40

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Punjab CM forms panel to revamp agri-research

LAHORE: The careta­ker Punjab CM has formed a committee to suggest within seven days a roadmap for revamping the res­earch paradigm in the...

13.09.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Whitefly attack giving Punjab cotton growers sleepless nights

LAHORE: The cotton crop in Punjab is facing an onslaught from whiteflies, which is proving to be a nightmare for growers and agriculture department...

13.09.2023 20

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

Crackdown on hoarders lowers sugar prices

LAHORE: As a crackdown on sugar hoarders to end artificial increase in the sweetener’s prices has begun making headway, sugar mill owners on Sunday...

11.09.2023 10

Dawn Business

Amjad Mahmood

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