Battling Pest Infestation: A Farmer's Fight for Maize Survival
Hello everyone,
Welcome to my farming article for today, I went on a visit to my maize farm, and here is what I experienced. You know
As a farmer, there are few things more disheartening than visiting your maize farm only for you to discover that it has been attacked by pest infestation. This was the harsh reality I faced today when I visited my farm to check up on my crops.
When I arrived at the farm, the sight that greeted me was the maize. I was heartbroken, you know when you feel the feeling of seeing your labor waste, I was supposed to see that rows upon rows were affected, their leaves chewed to shreds and their kernels decimated by voracious pests. The sight was devastating, sending a reminder to my mind about the fragility of agricultural livelihoods and the ever-present threat of pest infestation. Well I left the farm, I will be bringing someone who knows better to identify the pest and to also come with pesticide to spread on it to regain the leaves before it starts flowering.
The next thing I will do is when planting on this particular farm land I will have to do crop rotation,
intercropping, and proper field sanitation practices to disrupt pest life cycles and minimize their impact on my crops.
This was my experience in the game today.
And also make sure you pay attention to the weeds, sorry about this, it is part of the challenges in agriculture and every good farmer should be prepared to faced this.
My dear it's actually my first experience I have learnt alot
Every farmer is open to mistakes and that is how to discover new innovation in the agricultural sector
Very true it is in this experience new ideas is explore
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Sorry about this farm disorganized this way. Farmers are always faced with one challenge or the other but you know what? This is why most people don't like farming one bit. Sometimes we face a lot of loss as well which can not be accountable for. Sometimes I use the Neem leaves as remedy. I cook the leaves and let it to cool down. Then apply it on the Maize 🌽🌽 leaves.
Thank you so much for the HBD gift, and for the idea of using Neem leaves as a remedy, I will definitely try it out and will share feedback with you. and I'm grateful for your generosity