Hello great farmers, I just leased a hectare of land for rice farming. As a lowland rice, the land is swampy, close to a stream. I had planned to engage tractor in weeding but unfortunately, the tractor driver said they can't risk working on it because of the nature of the land, swampy land.
The laborers are charging #15,000 per acre which I can't afford. A friend suggested that I use herbicide but I am skeptical about that because of the weed height (some over 4 feet tall).
Please I need a suggestion on what to do, should I go with the herbicide? Will it be effective for loowland rice cultivaation? Thank you.