Thanks to the devoted efforts of agricultural officials and workers and volunteers, the first-round weeding of paddy fields and the second-round weeding of maize fields have reached the final stage and the second-round weeding of paddy fields and the third-round weeding of maize fields are also being pushed forward at the full-scale stage.

Sinchon, Jaeryong and Paechon counties of South Hwanghae Province are carrying out their schedules while weeding paddy fields to provide conditions favorable for the growth of roots of paddy rice.

Farms in Jongju City and Ryongchon and Yomju counties of North Phyongan Province have raised the records in weeding paddy fields by rationally combining mechanical weeding with herbicide weeding.

Agricultural workers and volunteers in South Phyongan and North Hwanghae provinces have carried out weeding in large area every day.

The same is true of Pyongyang Municipality, South Hamgyong Province, Kangwon Province and Nampho Municipality.