Cotton harvesting begins in Jamalpur
Thursday, 24 January 2019
JAMALPUR, Jan 23 (BSS): Farmers in the district have started cotton harvest with a production target of 750 tonnes of seed cotton in the current season.
Sources concerned said the farmers cultivated different varieties of cotton seeds on 225 hectares of land in the district this year.
Amid a favourable climatic condition, a total of 1650 bales of cotton fibre are expected to be produced in the district.
The cash crop is being cultivated on vast char lands in Pathalia, Senerchar, Piyerpur, Banarerpar, Charjatharthapur and Chandra in Jamalpur Sadar upazila and Perojpur, Deflarchar, Savarharchar in Islampur upazila.
Abdul Majid, a farmer of Pathalia village, said, "He cultivated cotton on two bighas of land this year. He is expecting a profit of Tk 30,000 from the cropping this time."