JDW Sugar Mills is one of the names every sugarcane farmer in southern Punjab and northern Sindh knows. Founded by industrialist Jahangir Khan Tareen, the JDW Group grew from a single sugar mill into one of Pakistan’s largest sugar groups, with its own sugarcane farms and … Read more
Zarkhez-e, with the tagline Asaan Digital Zarai Qarza, is a digital agricultural financing scheme for small and subsistence farmers in Pakistan. It is an initiative of the Government of Pakistan and the State Bank of Pakistan, run with banks and microfinance banks, and it is designed … Read more
If you have searched for Zaraat Dost or ZaraatDigital, you have probably noticed how similar the names sound. They are not the same platform, and they do not do the same job. One is built mainly around sugarcane fields, mills and financing. The other is built … Read more
Wheat First Irrigation at CRI in Pakistan: Timing, Water & Urea Dose If your wheat was sown in the first three weeks of November, one date matters more than any other in the next month: the first irrigation. In Punjab’s wheat sowing guide, this watering is … Read more
Barseem Fodder in Pakistan: Sowing Guide, Seed Rate & Cutting Schedule Last week’s winter feeding guide gave Punjab’s dairy farmers one piece of October advice: sow barseem now. This is the full how-to. Barseem — Egyptian clover, Trifolium alexandrinum — is the backbone of winter dairy … Read more
Winter Feeding & Care of Dairy Animals in Pakistan: Beat the Cold, Hold the Milk Winter is dairy farming’s double-faced season in Pakistan. On paper it is the flush season — fodder is abundant and milk prices are at their lowest, so feed costs should be … Read more
Pakistan is one of the world’s largest milk producers, and buffaloes are the backbone of that output — they contribute the majority of the country’s milk, and their milk’s higher fat content (around 6.6–7.8%) is exactly what urban consumers and processors pay a premium for. For … Read more
The CM Punjab Kissan Card is the province’s flagship farmer support program for 2026 — an interest-free digital credit card that lets eligible farmers buy fertilizer, seed, and pesticides on credit of up to Rs. 150,000 per crop season. Over 530,000 cards have been issued so far, with Rs. 43 billion disbursed in agri loans. … Read more
Rice is Pakistan’s second-largest crop after wheat and the country’s biggest agricultural export earner. Basmati — grown mainly in central Punjab’s famous “Kallar tract” — commands premium prices in world markets, which makes getting the nursery and transplanting right worth real money. This guide covers nursery raising, transplanting windows, approved varieties, spacing, and water management … Read more
Fertilizer prices in Pakistan remain high heading into the Rabi wheat sowing season. A 50kg bag of urea currently costs Rs. 4,435–4,750 depending on brand, while local DAP is at Rs. 16,000–16,100 per bag — about 23% more expensive than last year as world phosphate prices climbed to $880–950 per tonne. Below are the latest … Read more