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1 DISTRICT LEVEL AGROMET ADVISORY SERVICE BULLETIN FOR KASHMIR (J&K) (Period 31 4 th April, 2021) Issued jointly by AGROMET FIELD UNIT-SRINAGAR Section of Agronomy & Indian Meteorological Department (Tele-fax: 0194-2461551; e- mail: [email protected]) Bulletin No: 16/2021 No: Au/Agromet/GKMS/2021/16 Date: 30 th March, 2021 Weather for the past seven days Total Precipitation (mm) 69.2(mm) Maximum temperature ( 0 C) 8.0 22.0 Minimum temperature ( 0 C) 2.5 10.0 Relative humidity (%) 39 - 88 (Morning) and 33 - 86 (Evening) Wind speed (km/hours) 0.7 4.7 Follow SOPs for Covid-19 DISTRICT-WISE AGRO ADVISORY BULLETIN Srinagar Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021 Parameters 31 01 02 03 04 Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0 Max. Temp. (deg. C) 17 18 20 20 21 Min. Temp. (deg. C) 9 10 12 12 13 Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70 Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 70 70 60 60 Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1 Wind direction (deg.) 115 110 175 90 95 Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1 Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field. Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field Weather Summary of the Previous Bulletin Weather forecast valid up to 4 th April , 2021 There was 69.2 (mm) precipitation in previous week. Maximum temperature ranged between m(8.0 to 22.0) 0 C and minimum between (2.5 to 10.0) 0 C respectively. Weather will be sunny till 4 th April 2021.Day temperature shall range between (15 to 20 o C) whereas night temperature shall range between(5 to 13) 0 C. The sky will remain clear with mild wind. The relative humidity will remain 70-90% and 60-80 over the entire valley.

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DISTRICT LEVEL AGROMET ADVISORY SERVICE

BULLETIN FOR KASHMIR (J&K) (Period 31 – 4thApril, 2021)

Issued jointly by

AGROMET FIELD UNIT-SRINAGAR

Section of Agronomy & Indian Meteorological Department (Tele-fax: 0194-2461551; e- mail: [email protected])

Bulletin No: 16/2021

No: Au/Agromet/GKMS/2021/16 Date: 30thMarch, 2021

Weather for the past seven days

Total Precipitation (mm) 69.2(mm)

Maximum temperature (0C) 8.0 – 22.0

Minimum temperature (0C) 2.5 – 10.0

Relative humidity (%) 39 - 88 (Morning) and 33 - 86 (Evening)

Wind speed (km/hours) 0.7 – 4.7

Follow SOPs for Covid-19

DISTRICT-WISE AGRO ADVISORY BULLETIN

Srinagar Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 17 18 20 20 21

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 9 10 12 12 13

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 70 70 60 60

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 115 110 175 90 95

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson followed

by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is no

water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is no

water stagnation in the field

Weather Summary of the Previous Bulletin Weather forecast valid up to 4th April , 2021

There was 69.2 (mm) precipitation in previous week.

Maximum temperature ranged between m(8.0 to 22.0)0C

and minimum between (2.5 to 10.0)0C respectively.

Weather will be sunny till 4th April 2021.Day

temperature shall range between (15 to 20oC) whereas

night temperature shall range between(5 to 13)0C. The sky

will remain clear with mild wind. The relative humidity

will remain 70-90% and 60-80 over the entire valley.

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Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent and

75WP [email protected] for management of corm rot.

Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea @ 2.30

kg/kanal under high density plantation and 1.8kg/kanal

under normal density. During rainy days manage proper

drainage of fields to avoid water stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned or

diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper central

drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days between

insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing of

fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other than

those recommended by SKUAST-K. Adjuvants/Stickers

may be added for better efficacy of fungicides especially

during rainy days. Stickers are Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar

@ 12.5 g/100 litre of suspension and Triton

AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75 ml/100 litre of suspension.

Stickers should not be used with Dodine. Same systemic

fungicides should not be repeated continuously in two

sprays. The excess water should be drained out from the

orchards by making channels.

Vegetables Various growth

stages

All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under polyhouses

for nursery raising of kharief vegetable crops (tomato,

brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed sowing of cucurbits

(bottlegourd, cucumber, squash, pumpkin, etc) in polybags

under protected conditions may be continued. Provide

adequate drainage in all vegetable crop fields. Staking may

be provided in rabi seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

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standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer to

parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like milk

fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to ensure

adequate milk production, provide a minimum of 75-80

liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced feeding

consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg, dry fodder 4-

5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with special addition of oil

cakes, mineral mixture and salt along with special

pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg concentrate on daily basis.

In highly susceptible cases of milk fever give Vit. D

Injections on weekly basis starting 3-4 weeks before the

expected date of parturition. Provide moderate exercise for

half an hour 2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by

taking them out of their sheds for ease of calving and

avoiding udder edema and vaginal prolapse especially

during last few weeks of gestation. In case of

unmanageable conditions of udder edema and vaginal

prolapsed consult the local vet or feel free to contact any

specialist enrolled on Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST

website. Avoid slippery conditions, which otherwise could

predispose the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation.

Symptoms nearer to delivery like swelling of external

genitalia and udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments

should be closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the grazing

animals for meeting their nutrient demands. Undertake

shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared sheep and

newborn lambs/ kids should be protected from inclement

weather particularly incessant rains. It is advisable to feed

them inside the sheds on such occasions to avoid

mortalities. Provide proper shelter to livestock during

inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas with lush growth

of clovers. Provide proper ventilation in the animal

houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of obnoxious gases.

Provide a separate pen/ room with heating arrangements

for weak, crippled, orphan and hypothermic lambs. It

besides proper management shall ensure routine

monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure proper bedding of

the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of the dams after

parturition. Allow normal lambing to take place. Do not

disturb the animal during the lambing process. Provide

slight assistance in lambing as and when needed, otherwise

refer the case to a Veterinarian in case of dystocia/difficult

birth. Dip the navel cord of lamb in tincture iodine to avoid

joint ill/navel ill etc in lambs. Check the milking ability of

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dams at the time of parturition. Provide bottle feeding/

fostering of lambs born to dams with mastitis or less

milking ability. Keep lambs in a draft free warm

environment particularly for 1st week after birth. Provide

creep mixture after ten days of age to lambs for better

growth performance. Colour mark lambs and their dams to

avoid mis-mothering. Immediately refer entropion and

ectopion conditions in lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic

weighing of lambs shall help in detection of problems in

advance. Proper sanitation in and around the

paddocks/sheds particularly lambing sheds.The lambing

area should be keptclean and dry to avoid infections to the

newborn lambs/kids. Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two

weeks of lamb/kid birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV

after one month. Avoid visitors in and around the lambing

sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

For backyard poultry

farmers.

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised water

quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry litter

through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed indicates

spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room hastens feed

spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling feeders to less than

half level. Preventing rodents and stray birds. In view of

bird-flu scare avoid spillage of feed outside farms that

attracts free flying birds. Restrict entry of free flying birds

like sparrows, crows etc. Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks and

avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of domestic

duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard birds inside

the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts free flying birds

that may expose domestic birds to infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start sowing

of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery. Remove

suckers from budded rose plants and keep a watch on aphid

attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing has

not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

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preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage. Harvested

cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny bags by hanging

them under roofs of houses. The wooden rearing

equipments like trays, stands, etc should be kept under

roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be maintained

at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of 85- 90% is

needed during incubation of the spawned compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries to

avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid any

accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa seeds to

raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal stocking

density. Farmers are advised to keep track of trout seed

(fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease management.

If there is any mortality or morbidity immediately contact

fish health expert at AAHM, Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in breeding

season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper nutrition

(32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid). Rainy season is

going to bring huge volume of water, it is advised to keep

track of water levels in trout raceways and carp ponds.

Maintain proper aeration and water transparency.

Ganderbal

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 17 18 20 20 21

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 9 10 12 12 13

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 70 70 60 60

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 75 55 50 55 55

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

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Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

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Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

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the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

For backyard poultry

farmers.

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

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sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

Budgam

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 17 18 20 20 21

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 9 10 12 12 13

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 70 70 60 60

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 240 220 185 175 198

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Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

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Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

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with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

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For backyard poultry

farmers.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

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Anantnag

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 18 20 20 21 21

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 5 5 7 7 8

Max. Relative humidity (%) 85 80 80 70 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 70 60 60 50

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 70 50 130 45 45

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

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of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

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16

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

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17

For backyard poultry

farmers.

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

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immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

Kupwara

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 15 17 18 18 20

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 7 7 9 9 10

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 80 70 70 60

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 130 85 75 80 135

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 3 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

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19

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

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of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

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21

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

For backyard poultry

farmers.

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

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22

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

Baramullah

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 15 17 18 18 20

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 7 7 9 9 10

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 80 70 70 60

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 160 165 80 90 152

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 3 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

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23

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

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special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

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25

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

For backyard poultry

farmers.

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

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26

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

Bandipora

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 15 17 18 18 20

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 7 7 9 9 10

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 80 70 70 60

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 55 50 45 50 55

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 3 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

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27

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

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28

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

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29

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

For backyard poultry

farmers.

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

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30

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

Pulwama

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 17 19 19 20 20

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 6 6 7 7 8

Max. Relative humidity (%) 90 90 80 80 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 80 80 70 60 60

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Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 45 50 305 45 40

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

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32

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

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33

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

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34

For backyard poultry

farmers.

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

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Shopian

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 18 20 20 21 21

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 5 5 7 7 8

Max. Relative humidity (%) 85 80 80 70 70

Min. Relative humidity (%) 70 70 60 60 50

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 175 205 325 240 240

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

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between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

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37

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

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For backyard poultry

farmers.

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

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39

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

Kulgam

Weather forecast until 08:30 hrs of 4.04.2021

Parameters 31

01

02

03

04

Rainfall (mm) 0 0 0 0 0

Max. Temp. (deg. C) 18 20 20 21 21

Min. Temp. (deg. C) 6 7 7 8 8

Max. Relative humidity (%) 80 80 70 70 60

Min. Relative humidity (%) 65 65 60 60 50

Wind speed (kmph) 1 1 1 1 1

Wind direction (deg.) 170 190 170 125 295

Total cloud cover (octa) 2 2 1 1 1

Brown Sarson Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in brown sarson

followed by top dose of urea @ 2.2 kg / kanal . Make

sure that there is no water stagnation in the field

Wheat Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in wheat followed by

top dose of urea @ 3.25 kg / kanal . Make sure that there

is no water stagnation in the field.

Pea Maintenance Weeding/hoeing should be done in pea followed by top

dose of urea @ 3.125 kg / kanal . Make sure that there is

no water stagnation in the field

Oats (Fodder) Maintenance For fodder purpose apply urea@ 4.1 kg / kanal as top

dose. For Seed purpose apply urea @ 4.35 kg / kanal.

Make sure that there is no water stagnation in the field.

Saffron Care & Maintenance Identify plants showing Die Back like symptoms with

yellowish foliage that can be easily pulled out from the

diseased corms confirming saffron corm rot caused by

fusarium sp. Identify plants with complete or partially

yellowish appearance particularly starting from tips with

leaves showing purple to dark brown lesions confirming

new foliar disease caused by Rhizoctonia solani. Ensure

soil drenching with Carbendizime 50 WP@ 0.1percent

and 75WP [email protected] for management of

corm rot. Apply split dose of Nitrogen in the form urea

@ 2.30 kg/kanal under high density plantation and

1.8kg/kanal under normal density. During rainy days

manage proper drainage of fields to avoid water

stagnation.

Apple Green Tip Green Tip Stage:

Mancozeb 75 WP @ 300g

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or

Captan 50 WP @ 300g

or

Propineb 70 WP @ 300g

or

Zineb 75 WP @ 300g

Ensure orchard sanitation through destruction of pruned

or diseased/infected twigs by burning. Adopt proper

central drainage system. Maintain a gap of 3-4 days

between insecticide and fungicide spray. Avoid mixing

of fungicides, insecticide and spray suspensions other

than those recommended by SKUAST-K.

Adjuvants/Stickers may be added for better efficacy of

fungicides especially during rainy days. Stickers are

Selvet 99/Agrowet/Uphaar @ 12.5 g/100 litre of

suspension and Triton AE/Uphaar/Sandovit @ 50-75

ml/100 litre of suspension. Stickers should not be used

with Dodine. Same systemic fungicides should not be

repeated continuously in two sprays. The excess water

should be drained out from the orchards by making

channels.

Vegetables Various growth stages All field activities may be kept at stand still till weather

recovers. Seed sowing may be continued under

polyhouses for nursery raising of kharief vegetable

crops (tomato, brinjal, chilli, sweet pepper, etc). Seed

sowing of cucurbits (bottlegourd, cucumber, squash,

pumpkin, etc) in polybags under protected conditions

may be continued. Provide adequate drainage in all

vegetable crop fields. Staking may be provided in rabi

seed crops as a protection from lodging.

Cattle

Cow /Calf Spring calf crop expected. Pregnant cows, especially

during last trimester need special care, because of rapid

development of fetus during this period. Try to dry the

animal within a period of 15 days after the 7th month of

gestation. Provide pregnant animals enough space for

standing and sitting comfortably especially when nearer

to parturition. To reduce the possibility of diseases like

milk fever and ketosis at the time of parturition and to

ensure adequate milk production, provide a minimum of

75-80 liters of fresh and clean drinking water, balanced

feeding consisting of green fodder (Silage) 15-20 kg,

dry fodder 4-5 (kg) and composite cattle feed with

special addition of oil cakes, mineral mixture and salt

along with special pregnancy allowance of 1-2Kg

concentrate on daily basis. In highly susceptible cases of

milk fever give Vit. D Injections on weekly basis

starting 3-4 weeks before the expected date of

parturition. Provide moderate exercise for half an hour

2- 3 times a day to the pregnant animal by taking them

out of their sheds for ease of calving and avoiding udder

edema and vaginal prolapse especially during last few

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41

weeks of gestation. In case of unmanageable conditions

of udder edema and vaginal prolapsed consult the local

vet or feel free to contact any specialist enrolled on

Tele-Medicine portal of SKUAST website. Avoid

slippery conditions, which otherwise could predispose

the heavy animals to fracture and dislocation. Symptoms

nearer to delivery like swelling of external genitalia and

udder, and slackening of pelvic ligaments should be

closely monitored.

Sheep and goat

Presently the animals have parturated or are in their late stage of

gestation wherein it is advised as under

Ensure FMD vaccination of the livestock before letting

them out for grazing. Provide concentrates to the

grazing animals for meeting their nutrient demands.

Undertake shearing of sheep on sunny days. Sheared

sheep and newborn lambs/ kids should be protected

from inclement weather particularly incessant rains. It is

advisable to feed them inside the sheds on such

occasions to avoid mortalities. Provide proper shelter to

livestock during inclement weather. Avoid grazing areas

with lush growth of clovers. Provide proper ventilation

in the animal houses/sheds to avoid accumulation of

obnoxious gases. Provide a separate pen/ room with

heating arrangements for weak, crippled, orphan and

hypothermic lambs. It besides proper management shall

ensure routine monitoring of the vulnerable lot. Ensure

proper bedding of the lambing pens. Ensure cleaning of

the dams after parturition. Allow normal lambing to take

place. Do not disturb the animal during the lambing

process. Provide slight assistance in lambing as and

when needed, otherwise refer the case to a Veterinarian

in case of dystocia/difficult birth. Dip the navel cord of

lamb in tincture iodine to avoid joint ill/navel ill etc in

lambs. Check the milking ability of dams at the time of

parturition. Provide bottle feeding/ fostering of lambs

born to dams with mastitis or less milking ability. Keep

lambs in a draft free warm environment particularly for

1st week after birth. Provide creep mixture after ten days

of age to lambs for better growth performance. Colour

mark lambs and their dams to avoid mis-mothering.

Immediately refer entropion and ectopion conditions in

lambs to a Veterinarian. Periodic weighing of lambs

shall help in detection of problems in advance. Proper

sanitation in and around the paddocks/sheds particularly

lambing sheds.The lambing area should be keptclean

and dry to avoid infections to the newborn lambs/kids.

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42

Provide coccidiostats/cidals after two weeks of lamb/kid

birth. Vaccinate the lambs with ETV after one month.

Avoid visitors in and around the lambing sheds

Poultry For broiler farms

For backyard poultry

farmers.

Maintain following brooder temperatures.

1st week 95oF

IInd week 90oF

IIIrd week 85oF

IVth week 80oF

Vth week 75oF

VIth week 70oF

Ensure clean drinking water. In case of compromised

water quality water sanitisers may be used. Maintain dry

litter through frequent raking of litter and replacement if

required. Store feed properly. Clumping of feed

indicates spoilage. Dampness in feed storage room

hastens feed spoilage. Avoid feed wastage: by filling

feeders to less than half level. Preventing rodents and

stray birds. In view of bird-flu scare avoid spillage of

feed outside farms that attracts free flying birds. Restrict

entry of free flying birds like sparrows, crows etc.

Maintain strict bio-security.

In view of bird-flu scare, restrict movement of flocks

and avoid mixing of different flocks. Limit access of

domestic duck and geese to water bodies. Feed backyard

birds inside the pens. Spreading feed in open attracts

free flying birds that may expose domestic birds to

infections.

Flowers Care and maintenance Start planting of lilium, gladiolus and dahlia. Start

sowing of seeds for summer flowering annual nursery.

Remove suckers from budded rose plants and keep a

watch on aphid attack. Continue mowing of lawns

Apiculture

Inspection of bee colonies to be done regularly. Apply

artificial feeding in the form of sugar candies. Entrance

should be narrowed.

Sericulture

Care and maintenance Proper drainage should be maintained to avoid water

logging in the mulberry fields. Places where marketing

has not been done till date, harvested cocoons should be

preserved in safe places to avoid rodent damage.

Harvested cocoons can be preserved locally in gunny

bags by hanging them under roofs of houses. The

wooden rearing equipments like trays, stands, etc should

be kept under roofed sheds to avoid damage to them.

Mushroom

Cultivation

Button mushroom Once the compost is ready, it should be filled in wooden

trays/ plastic trays/ polythene bags of 10- 25 kg capacity

and layer method of spawning should preferably be

adopted 500-750 gm of spawn for 100kg compost is

sufficient. Temp of incubation room should be

maintained at 23- 25 deg C during spawnrun and R.H of

85- 90% is needed during incubation of the spawned

compost.

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43

Agro

forestry/forestry

Vegetative stage Proper drainage should be maintained in forest nurseries

to avoid water stagnation. Semi uprooted and weak trees

which are a potential hazard should be felled to avoid

any accident. It is time for collection of Ulmus villosa

seeds to raise in a forest nursery.

Fisheries

Developmental stages

Trout brood stock needs a special check for fungal

infection. Isolate any sick fish and maintain ideal

stocking density. Farmers are advised to keep track of

trout seed (fingerlings) in terms of nutrition and disease

management. If there is any mortality or morbidity

immediately contact fish health expert at AAHM,

Faculty of Fisheries (Rangil).

In a month or two, carp fish species will enter in

breeding season. The brood stock needs to be fed proper

nutrition (32% crude protein and 15% crude lipid).

Rainy season is going to bring huge volume of water, it

is advised to keep track of water levels in trout raceways

and carp ponds. Maintain proper aeration and water

transparency.

General guidelines to farmers for protection against COVID-19 disease.

Maintain physical distance (min 2m) while working at farm facility. Use protective gear while

marketing the produce. Disinfect the farm area regularly. Entry of visitors or outsiders is to be

restricted. Only those who are free from symptoms of cold/flu/fever etc should be allowed to

work in the farm. After work, wash your hands and legs thoroughly at least for 20-30 sec with

soap. Don’t spit in open especially in farm premises. Disinfect all farm equipments using

bleaching powder (15-20g in 10L of water) or Sodium hypochloride (0.25%).Take warm

water bath after attending farm work.

Note: There are no reports of covid-19 transmission from animals to humans.

(Nodal Officer)

“Before sowing, ensure treatment of seeds with recommended pesticides / biopesticides.”

“ Carry out open field operations when the soil becomes workable and under favorable

weather conditions”