Good rains raise hopes for bumper harvest

Friday, January 13, 2017

Farmers are expecting a good harvest this year.PIC: KAGISO ONKATSWITSE

FRANCISTOWN: Farmers in the north are looking forward to a bumper harvest this ploughing season due to the good rains experienced this season.

In an interview, North East District’s (NED) crop production officer Mercy Chilume predicted that farmers will have a bumper harvest due to the good rains.

She said the late December rains saved the day because ploughing is currently in full swing with 423.31 hectares already ploughed so far since the beginning of the ploughing season last month.

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