Farmers greet delayed cloud seeding

Farmers greet delayed cloud seeding

TEMANGGUNG, Central Java: Tobacco farmers are happy with the
government's decision to delay cloud seeding in the province, a
farmer association leader said here on Thursday.

The chairman of the Tobacco Farmers and Traders Association in
Temanggung, Iriyanto, said rains resulting from cloud seeding
would disrupt farmers, who are currently harvesting their crops.

Cloud seeding was to have been conducted in Wonogiri and
Sukoharjo, the most drought-ridden regencies in the province.

There are 17,932 hectares of tobacco plantations across 12
districts in Temanggung, with annual production estimated at
17,654 tons.

The quality of tobacco depends on the climate during
harvesting. The best quality tobacco sold at Rp 30,000 per
kilogram last year.

The regent of Temanggung, Sarjono, revealed weather conditions
were currently favorable for tobacco farmers to harvest their
highest quality tobacco and hoped that such weather would prevail
until September. --Antara