Farmers must opt heavy loam soil for cultivation of cotton.

LAHORE -- The Punjab Agriculture department has advised the cotton growers to cultivate cotton on heavy loam soil to obtain good yield.

A spokesman for the department said on Friday that farmers were being given subsidy on certified varieties of cotton that include BS-15, CIM-663, CKC-1, IUB-2013, MNH-1020, Nayab-545, Nayab-878 and Nayab Kiran.

Subsidy was being provided through vouchers available in seed bags, he added.

He further said that registered farmers could...

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