The Hidden Cost of Harsh Weather on Rice Farming 🌾 and the Way Forward ➡️

in Homesteading4 days ago

Have you ever cultivated rice to the level where things got this bad? Cause right now I can't really explain how I am feeling, looking at my farm every time.

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It takes a lot of courage to hold on to a farm that has gotten this bad and my experience with similar occasions makes me feel some sigh of relief.

But then I can't suck for long I have to put in controlled measures in place to ensure I don't lose everything.

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A few weeks of consistent rainfall is all it needs to recover and look as though it is a shadow of what we used to see before.

I can't weed the farm for now cause the weed is providing the rice and usual benefit, it is acting as a shade to the rice protecting it from the excessive sunlight, this is a kind of relationship that I won't want on my farm at this point but with the way things going I have no choice but to hold on and let the two grow together.

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Rice can be so resilience to the point where even though it looks completely dry and its parts are falling off I can also look totally different within a short while.

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So I have to hold on to the hope that the weather condition will get better sooner rather than later.

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