{"id":90472,"date":"2025-02-16T21:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/punjab-farmers-earn-millions-in-months-with-super-seeder-technology-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T21:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T21:41:07","slug":"punjab-farmers-earn-millions-in-months-with-super-seeder-technology-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/punjab-farmers-earn-millions-in-months-with-super-seeder-technology-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab farmers earn millions in months with super seeder technology | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"flex items-center text-center\"><figcaption class=\"text-3 font-sans uppercase mr-3 whitespace-no-wrap\"><span class=\"ls-art\">Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article<\/span><\/figcaption><audio class=\"h-5 w-60 sm:w-80 rounded-none\" preload=\"metadata\" controlslist=\"noplaybackrate nodownload\" id=\"tts\" controls=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/attachments\/speech_20250216132520877-96Zco.mp3\"\/><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The use of super seeders in Punjab\u2019s wheat cultivation has produced remarkable results, with 1,000 farmers collectively earning Rs 5.79 billion in just a few months, Express News reported.<\/p>\n<p>The innovative farming technique has saved 330 tonnes of wheat seed across the province while reducing diesel consumption by 18.7 million litres compared to traditional methods.<\/p>\n<p>By adopting super seeders, farmers saved Rs 4.86 billion on diesel costs alone. The cost of wheat sowing was reduced by Rs 3,666 per acre, significantly cutting expenses for cultivators.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 7,805 farmers across 31 districts planted wheat on 110,014 acres using super seeders. Of these, 68,185 acres were cultivated through rental services. An overwhelming 93% of farmers rated the wheat growth achieved with super seeders as superior to conventional methods.<\/p>\n<p>Farmers reported significant advantages, noting that super seeders improved soil fertility and reduced sowing time. &#8220;Using super seeders has delivered excellent results,&#8221; one farmer said. &#8220;It is far better than traditional sowing techniques and helps maintain soil productivity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many farmers pledged to continue using the technology, citing its efficiency. The machines allow wheat sowing on one acre in just an hour, saving both time and resources.<\/p>\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif expressed satisfaction with the results, calling agricultural mechanisation &#8220;just the beginning&#8221; of broader reforms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Super seeders are turning the dream of modernising agriculture into reality,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Lower labour costs, time savings, and fuel efficiency have provided farmers with significant relief.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She reaffirmed her administration\u2019s commitment to making Punjab a hub of advanced agricultural technology, reducing production costs, and ensuring higher profits for farmers.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen\u00a0to\u00a0article The use of super seeders in Punjab\u2019s wheat cultivation has produced remarkable results, with 1,000 farmers collectively earning Rs 5.79 billion in just a few months, Express News reported. The innovative farming technique has saved 330 tonnes of wheat seed across the province while reducing diesel consumption by 18.7 million litres compared to traditional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/whatsapp-image-2025-02-16-at-6-23-53-pm1739712249-0\/whatsapp-image-2025-02-16-at-6-23-53-pm1739712249-0.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faisalabad-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}