Rice Boro

• Stage:Seedbed
• Take appropriate action for preparation of seedbed for boro paddy. Prepare the seedbed in high land and also make arrangements for draining out of water and also advised for community based seedbed preparation.
• Advise to use recommended varieties of seed.
• If the seedbed becomes yellow, apply urea at the rate of 283 gm per decimal. Apply 400 gm gypsum per decimal if the seedlings are still not recovered after application of urea.

Vegetable

• Eggplant may be attacked by tip and fruit borer under prevailing weather conditions. For control, cut and destroy the affected tip along with the insects. Insect reproduction is likely to be greatly reduced by using pheromone traps. Use spray of approval dose of insecticides, if necessary or recommended local organic insecticides may be used.
• Powdery mildew disease can occur in cucumbers. For control, apply pesticides of the hexaconazole or mancozeb group.
• Under the prevailing weather condition, there is a chance of aphid attack in beans and cabbage. Use the approved dose of Chloropyrix group of pesticides.
• Apply Irrigation.

Horticultural

• Farmers are advised to go for bagging of the banana bunches with muslin cloth or polyethylene before fruit set in order to protect the fruits from the attack of banana fruit and leaf scarring beetle.
• Guava may be attacked by caterpillars under the prevailing condition. For control, spray 05 grams of soap powder per liter of water.
• Coconut trees may be attacked by spiders under prevailing weather condition., all the young caconut of the affected tree should be cut down and burnt. Infected trees and nearby young trees should be sprayed with any spider repellent such as Omite 57 EC mixed in 1.5 ml of one liter of water.
• Apply Irrigation.

Livestock

• Give anthelmintic drugs.
• Give Vaccination based on age and physical condition of cattle.
• Keep sheds and floors clean.
• Night temperature is decreasing. Wrap dairy cows and calves in chaff sacks in the morning and evening to protect against pneumonia.
• If any disease symptoms appear, consult a veterinary doctor immediately for appropriate treatment.

Poultry

• If any disease symptoms appear, consult a veterinarian doctor immediately for proper treatment
• High power bulbs (100 watts or more) in the poultry shed for 1-2 hours after dusk will increase egg production and diseases will reduce.

Fishery

• Reduce food in winter. Stop feeding if needed.
• Drain the pond and remove the black/rotten mud from the bottom.
• Repair the pond’s bank if damaged.
• Contact the nearest upazila fisheries office if any fish disease occurs or if the desired growth is not achieved.
• Start preparing the pond for the next year by harvesting all the fish if it is an annual pond.
• Application of 250 grams of lime per decimal at the beginning of winter helps to get rid of fish diseases.

Potato

• Stage:vegetative growth
• Farmers are advised to irrigate the land for keeping optimum moisture in the field during this stage for quality tuber formation and development.
• Farmers are advised to apply 160-175 Kg urea/ha at 30-35 DAS as top dressing based on variety.
• Farmers are advised to apply 2nd irrigation at 40-45 DAS.
• Present weather condition is congenial for Potato wireworm infestation. Use Pheromone trap and earthingup before 60 days of potato harvesting