Punjab: 70 quintals onions from half acre

Ludhiana, May 3: A farmer of Khamano in Fathegarh Sahib district as created a record of sorts by getting a yield of 70 quintals of onion from just half an acre.

Agri experts from Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) who visited the farm of Prem Singh found that five onions out of the 70 quintals heap weighed two kg each. Prem Singh is a progressive farmer of Khamano.

According to Prem Singh quality nursery and scientific method paved the way for such a produce. Deciding to float the yield in markets beyond Khamano, he informed that he had also developed a nutrition garden on the lines recommended by PAU.

"If a farmer sweats out in the fields himself, his hard work pays off", he added.

UNI