District Agromet Advisory Services
for Farmers of Punjab State
issued in collaboration with IMD Chandigarh
and P.A.U Ludhiana
Dated: 05-06-15
District Bathinda
Past weather (02.06.15 to 04.06.15)
Weather forecast (06.06.15 to 10.06.15)
 Mean Maximum Temperature varied Parameters/ Date
between 35- 37 deg.C.
Rainfall (mm)
 Mean Minimum Temperature varied
Tmax (°C)
between 22- 24 deg.C.
 Mean Relative Humidity remained Tmin (°C)
around 70% in the morning and 30% in
Cloud cover (Okta)
the evening.
RHmax (%)
RHmin (%)
Qualitative Weather forecast:
Outlook for subsequent two days:
06
07
08
09
10
0
0
0
0
0
37
38
39
39
40
22
22
23
23
24
0
0
1
1
1
48
44
41
38
36
26
24
22
19
17
Wind speed
8 11 13
13 15
(kmph)
Wind direction
116 122 263 274 263
(deg)
Rain/Thundershowers may occur at isolated
places during next 24 hrs. Dry weather
thereafter.
Dry Weather.
Agromet Advisory
Rice:
Cotton:
 As weather is expected to remain wet during next 24 hours and dry
thereafter, so farmers may prepare the field for transplanting of rice and also
avoid transplating paddy in poor sandy soil.
 To save water, plant early maturing variety PR 115.
 Grow Rice varieties PR 123, PR 122, PR 121, PR 115, PR 113 and PR 111
which are resistant to most of the pathotypes of bacterial leaf blight
pathogen.
 In order to get better grain quality, water saving and low build up of
stem borers, sowing of crop should be scheduled in the second fortnight
of June.
 Use nitrogen judiciously based on Leaf colour chart (LCC).
 Excessive use of nitrogen fertilizer encourage multiplication of insect pests
particularly whitebacked plant hopper in PR 114 and false smut disease in
PR 116.
Due to rain/thundershowers may occur at isolated places during next 24 hrs and
dry weather thereafter. Farmers are advised to:
 Maintain the plant population by gap-filling and thinning.
 Apply half N at thinning.
 Give first irrigation 4-6 weeks after sowing.
 Hoe the crop (around 45 days after sowing) to control weeds, before first
irrigation. For hand weeding, use of a wheel hoe is recommended.
Vegetables:
Fruits:
 Apply light and frequent irrigation (if rainfall not occurred during next 24
hours) at evening hours to summer vegetables namely, bottle gourd, round
gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd, okra, and cluster bean, chilli, brinjal etc.
 Spray Omite 57EC@300ml or Kelthane 18.5EC@300ml or Fosmite
50EC@450ml using 150L of water on brinjal to control spider mite.
 Spray Malathion 50EC@2ml/L of water alongwith 10g sugar/gur per L of
water on muskmelon, bottle gourd, round gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd
to control fruit fly and repeat at 7 – 10 days interval.
 Use fruit fly traps for peach, pear and guava orchards for the control of
damage due to fruit flies.
 Spray the grapevines with Bordeaux mixture (2:2:50) for the control of
Anthracnose disease.
 The fruit tree like peach, pear, grapes and guava which carry developing and
maturing fruits should be irrigated, if rainfall not received during next 24
hours.
Animal
 Provide fresh drinking water and feed well chaffed green fodder mixed with
Husbandry:
wheat straw to avoid Tympany.
 Use balanced and economical rations for milk production according to milk
yield. Prefer
 Prefer feeding during cold part of the day especially early morning and late
evening.
 Use colostrum feeding to young-one in early period of calving. Get the
pregnancy diagnosis well in time after conception.
 New born calves need special care from hot weather, so provide them dry
bedding and clothing (Jhull) during early period of postulation.
 Vaccinate the animal for the viral disease.
Poultry:
 Keep poultry shed clean, dry, cool and well ventilated and maintain the
temperature inside the shed between 55-75 F.
 Use economic and balanced diet for poultry breeds to avoid stress
conditions.
 Avoid the over feeding in layers and Ad.Lib. feeding in Boilers.
 Avoid the feeding during extreme day time and prefer the cold hour feeding
(early morning and late evening).
 Keep in contact with the market for the sale of egg and meat prices time to
time for more profit.
 Collect the eggs regularly and store in cool places.
 Vaccinate the birds well in time and special care for Swine for infection.
Use fogger and sprinkler to decrease the heat load.