Farmers welcome government decision on payments
Arab News 29 July 1999

Riyadh---Saudi farmers have welcomed the government's decision to release on Saturday dues amounting to over SR 773 million.

Turki Faisal Al-Rasheed, the president of Golden Grass, Inc. said that the payment of arrears for the agricultural season 1416H(1995-96) will stimulate the agricultural industry. His own farm at Hail produces olives, grapes, nectarines, apricots and plums. The company originally produce wheat.

The decision was taken in the light of the Kingdom's agricultural policy to encourage the production of crops that are not heavily dependent on water.