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Agriculture Industry
Farmers producing quality seed for groundnut cropedit
National Agriculture Bank for Rural Development(NABARD), Department of Agriculture, Human Natural Resources Development Society(HANDS), an NGO and the Mana Vittanam Kendras set up by farmers are engaged in producing ‘foundation seed’ for the groundnut farmers in the district under the ‘Community Managed Seed System(CMSS)’ scheme.
CM seeks agriculture, trade tips from Vietnamedit
Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who is in Vietnam, on Monday met several top leaders of the Vietnam government and discussed economic and other bilateral issues to boost agriculture, trade and commerce in Assam. Discussions were held with a focus on the Act East policy. The CM also urged for commencement of direct flights from Hanoi to Guwahati.
ICAR meet moots uniformity in agricultural varsitiesedit
The regional meeting on revision of ICAR Model Act for Higher Agricultural Educational Institutions has suggested uniformity in the administrative set up of all State Agricultural Universities (SAU) and stressed the need for improvement in the quality of education.
Agriculture production expected to go up in TSedit
The agriculture departments in Sangareddy, Siddipet and Medak districts are expecting a quantum jump in the net sown area in the three districts, thanks to the Rythu Bandhu scheme for extending Rs 4,000 crop investment assistance per acre per crop to farmers in the State. Though the agriculture department has sent proposals seeking seeds and fertilisers for Kharif cultivation, estimating the expected sown area based on previous year’s area under cultivation, officials that the area under cultivation will definitely go up this Kharif considerably.
Incidents of stubble burning spotted in parts of Amritsaredit
Incidents of stubble burning, which contributes significantly to air pollution was spotted in parts of Amritsar. “The practice are being notices in isolated pockets and not all over the district”, said Amritsar DC Kamaldeep Singh Sangha
Punjab seeks help from pvt companies to curb stubble burningedit
Already awaiting funds from the Union government to deal with straw management in the state, the cash-strapped Punjab government has sought help from private companies to solve the problem crop residue burning under their Social Corporate Responsibility (CSR).
Incidents of stubble burning spotted in parts of Amritsaredit
Incidents of stubble burning, which contributes significantly to air pollution was spotted in parts of Amritsar. “The practice are being notices in isolated pockets and not all over the district”, said Amritsar DC Kamaldeep Singh Sangha. According to a recent National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) study, stubble burning in Haryana and Punjab has a strong link with PM2.5 levels in Delhi during the post-monsoon months of October and November.
Competition
Chinese Tariffs Affecting Price of Soybeans in the USedit
Farmer Scott Halpin is facing another year of high prices for seed and fertilizer, and low prices for the corn and soybeans his family is planting on farmland outside Morris, Illinois. “Equipment is expensive,” he told VOA while taking a break from loading seed into the John Deere planter that will ev John entually place them in the soil. “Land is expensive. It costs a lot of money to put a crop in the ground.”